(n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
(n.) A mean, trickish fellow.
(v. i.) To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.
Example Sentences:
(1) Women in suits, mothers and daughters, hucksters selling “Nasty Women” pins and tens of thousands of members of the public came to Manhattan’s largest glass ceiling on Tuesday night, to await the result of a presidential election that many hoped would sweep away the highest gender barrier in US politics .
(2) It is no accident that so many of Twain's characters are hucksters and hustlers, or that deception and opportunism are abiding themes in his writing.
(3) The term "foodist" is actually much older, used from the late 19th century for hucksters selling fad diets (which is quite apt); and as late as 1987 one New York Times writer proposed it semi-seriously as a positive description, to replace the unlovely "gastronaut": "In the tradition of nudist, philanthropist and Buddhist, may I suggest 'foodist', one who is enthusiastic about good eating?"
(4) One huckster inside the de facto pope swag bazaar at the Columbus Circle subway station confirmed that he would resell any tickets – any tickets he obtained whatsoever – at a higher price than he had paid.
(5) We are Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea – pioneers who braved the unfamiliar, followed by a stampede of farmers and miners, entrepreneurs and hucksters.
(6) Still, free traders now are huckstering the TPP with promises of job gains.” Some critics of the trade pact say the White House staff has not done a good job briefing Obama about the deal and its critics’ arguments.
(7) This, in turn, leaves them prey to hucksters like Farage, who can claim to speak for them.
(8) How great has been the assault on tolerance by those who routinely and callously portray migrants as parasitic freeloaders and hucksters?
(9) Sophisticated consumers of the future will not only feed themselves better; they will be far less prone to the victims of ignorance, the misplaced enthusiasm of the food faddist, the hucksterism of the charlatan, and the malice of those who inflate their egos, and earn their living by alarming others.
(10) Voters may wise up to the hucksters who try to persuade them that everyone who supports the opposing party is Evil Incarnate.
(11) GOP primary opponents, and later Hillary Clinton, used the lawsuits to bash Trump as a huckster.
(12) It was that recalcitrant member any good club needs … The union, for all its failings, did not deserve to be betrayed by a huckster.
(13) In Bob Rafelson's The King Of Marvin Gardens, the Atlantic City of 1972 becomes the anteroom to Paradise for two brothers: one a depressive talk-radio host, the other a manic huckster.
(14) The hordes had moved on, she said, followed by an even larger caravan of hucksters, salesmen, water-carriers, fire-eaters and purveyors of cheap food.
(15) Marketing is defined as responding sensitively to human needs, not hucksterism, and is an appropriate activity for centers.
(16) What counts is the strength of Jason's very American illusions: that he can serve God and get rich, even now that God is dead, that Paradise is always just over the horizon, and that whatever happens, hucksterism and bullshit will always save the day.
Pitchman
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Example Sentences:
(1) Updated at 3.06pm GMT 2.47pm GMT It's a big day for NRA pitchman Wayne LaPierre.
(2) As an example here's some of the best moments of the best pitchman in the NFL (although opposing fans ended up shouting that "Cut.
(3) T-Mobile featuring Drake Facebook Twitter Pinterest Drake’s just a natural pitchman.
(4) January 19, 2014 Brian J Pickett (@BrianPickett) CBS suggesting that both the Patriots and Broncos want to win this game #BOLDTAKES January 19, 2014 7.44pm GMT Peyton Manning: America's greatest pitchman While Brady vs Manning is a debate as far as their quarterback skills are concerned, there's no question who is the better comic actor (especially if you've seen Tom Brady's disastrous SNL hosting gig).
(5) Why bother with any design elements when you have an orange pitchman with a haircut that looks like a cartoon dog took a nap on his head?