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▪ I. huckstering, vbl. n.|ˈhʌkstərɪŋ|
[f. huckster v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb huckster; petty trafficking; sordid dealing; haggling.
1647Trapp Comm. Matt. xxi. 13 Base huckstering of holy things. 1797Burke Regic. Peace iii. Wks. VIII. 335 The spirit of huckstering and barter. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 89 From the wholesale purchases of the corndealer to the huckstering of the wandering pedlar. 1883Manch. Exam. 27 Nov. 5/2 The process of diplomatic huckstering by correspondence.
▪ II. ˈhuckstering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That hucksters; trafficking, hawking, haggling.
1592G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 175 A broking and huckstering penne. a1661Fuller Worthies, Northumbld. ii. 308 Huckstering Husbandmen, who properly may be termed Knaves in grain. 1808Cobbett Pol. Reg. XIII. vi. 202 We know you to be a huckstering nation. 1858Hughes Scouring White Horse 106 Half way up..I found an old huckstering woman and a boy in great trouble. |