hucksteryn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌkstəri/, U.S.

/ˈhəkstəri/

Forms: see huckster n.

Etymology: < huckster n. + -y suffix³.

1. The trade or business of a huckster; the place in which he carries on his trade; plural the goods dealt in by him (cf. groceries).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > sordid or petty trading

huckstery1362

huckery1377

cauponation1531

huckstering1647

niggling1840

hucksterism1951

society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by pedlar or huckster

pedlaryc1548

peddling1737

huckstery1833

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 141 Heo haþ holden hoxterye [C. vii. 233 huckustrye] þis Elleuene wynter.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regratement, a..mending, or tricking vp of old things for sale; hucksterie.

1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 Pref. 20 In the very shops and huxteries of our remotest towns and villages.

1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 280 A dealer in various articles, which..we shall call huxteries.

2. Petty bargaining, haggling; stickling.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun]

koffry1488

hucking1551

coping1595

haggling1632

hucksterage1641

huckstering1647

huckstery1662

bargaining1669

higgling1700

chaffering1794

badgering1800

dickering1802

tig-tagging1825

haggle1829

chaffer1851

bargain-driving1902

wheeling and dealing1969

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 243 A more slow and delicate digestion doth loath all things, as it were with much huckstery.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 308 Great eaters, and those who are brought up with dainty huckstery, are..notably lean.

3. attributive.

ΚΠ

1824 J. Galt Rothelan I. i. vi. 55 Under the pent-house of a huxtry shop.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 12 June 4/3 The huckstery scheme of the Indian Government, spoken of as the Durand Treaty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	huckstery
释义	hucksteryn. Brit. /ˈhʌkstəri/, U.S. /ˈhəkstəri/ Forms: see huckster n. Etymology: < huckster n. + -y suffix³. 1. The trade or business of a huckster; the place in which he carries on his trade; plural the goods dealt in by him (cf. groceries). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > sordid or petty trading huckstery1362 huckery1377 cauponation1531 huckstering1647 niggling1840 hucksterism1951 society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by pedlar or huckster pedlaryc1548 peddling1737 huckstery1833 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 141 Heo haþ holden hoxterye [C. vii. 233 huckustrye] þis Elleuene wynter. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regratement, a..mending, or tricking vp of old things for sale; hucksterie. 1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 Pref. 20 In the very shops and huxteries of our remotest towns and villages. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 280 A dealer in various articles, which..we shall call huxteries. 2. Petty bargaining, haggling; stickling. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun] koffry1488 hucking1551 coping1595 haggling1632 hucksterage1641 huckstering1647 huckstery1662 bargaining1669 higgling1700 chaffering1794 badgering1800 dickering1802 tig-tagging1825 haggle1829 chaffer1851 bargain-driving1902 wheeling and dealing1969 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 243 A more slow and delicate digestion doth loath all things, as it were with much huckstery. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 308 Great eaters, and those who are brought up with dainty huckstery, are..notably lean. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1824 J. Galt Rothelan I. i. vi. 55 Under the pent-house of a huxtry shop. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 12 June 4/3 The huckstery scheme of the Indian Government, spoken of as the Durand Treaty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1362
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