huckster

as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers

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Recent Examples of huckster Her book incorporates memoir, science writing, and cultural critique, offering a technical breakdown of the effects of Johnston’s time in the gym, as well as condemnations of diet culture’s scams and hucksters. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 3 July 2025 The Player’s Guide details how to build a character, whether its just a common cowpoke or one of the more unusual options like a huckster or blessed. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 Carrier didn’t fit any stereotype of a glad-handing huckster with a bad loan to sell. Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 May 2025 The other actors in the terrific eight-member cast — which includes Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves and Ken Marks — play multiple roles as townsfolk, family members, lawmen, desperados, hucksters and suckers. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for huckster
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Noun
  • The festival also features art vendors, local talent, food trucks and, for kids, face painting, bubbles and bouncy houses.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For example, spyware vendor Saito Tech (formerly Candiru), which has been on the US Commerce Department’s Entity List since 2021, saw new investment by US firm Integrity Partners in 2024.
    Vas Panagiotopoulos, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Most importantly, there’s a better balance of power between buyers and sellers than there has been in years.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The craft seller at a roadside market is earning her independence.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Aware of this injustice, companies are hiring lawyers and influence peddlers to bolster their MAGA credentials and pervert traditional law enforcement.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Klarna makes money by charging merchants that use its online payment tools a small fee on every transaction.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Due to Visa and Mastercard’s interchange rules, credit card transactions carry higher fees for merchants.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mending dealer relationships As well as bringing back a strong product lineup in North America, Filosa hopes to amend the company's relationship with dealers.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cantor Fitzgerald will act as reserve custodian and primary dealer.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The street hawkers have yet to set up shop.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Singapore thrives in contrast—where tropical rainforest meets a gleaming skyline, and sizzling hawker stalls hum beneath soaring glass domes.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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