huckster[noun]Synonyms: peddler, arab, cheap-jack (
or cheap-john), duffer, hawker, higgler, monger, outcrier, packman, vendor
[verb]Synonyms: haggle, bargain, chaffer, dicker, higgle, palter, peddle, hawk, monger, vend
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
huck‧ster /ˈhʌkstə $ -ər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1100-1200;
Language: Middle Dutch;
Origin: hokester, from hoeken 'to go around selling things']
American English someone who tries to sell things in a way that is too forceful and not honest – used to show disapproval
—hucksterism noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲