† huckern.
Obsolete. rare.
A petty dealer; one who bargains or haggles.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > petty or sordid
broker1393
hucker14..
huckster1556
trucker1598
hucksterer1724
truckster1843
trade rat1876
grey marketeer1942
grey marketer1943
cowboy1972
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 566/37 Auccionator et Auccionatrix, an hukker & an hukkester.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† huckerv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To chaffer.
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society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain [verb (intransitive)]
bargain1525
hucka1529
hucker1548
dodge1568
blockc1570
pelt1579
hack1587
haggle1589
to beat the bargain1591
to beat the market1591
huckster1593
niffera1598
badger1600
scotch1601
palter1611
cheapen1620
higgle1633
tig-tag1643
huckle1644
chaffer1693
chaffer1725
dicker1797
niffer1815
Jew1825
hacker1833
banter1835
higgle-haggle1841
hondle1921
wheel and deal1961
1548 W. Forrest Pleasaunt Poesye 93 in T. Starkey Eng. in Reign King Henry VIII (1878) i. p. lxxxvii For his pryuate wealthe so daylye too hucker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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