释义 |
hucksterhuck‧ster /ˈhʌkstə $ -ər/ noun [countable] hucksterOrigin: 1100-1200 Middle Dutch hokester, from hoeken ‘to go around selling things’ - After all, no greedy hucksters could steal or plunder them.
- But he still demonstrates fluency in the language of the huckster.
- Gamblers brought wheels of fortune; hucksters set up stalls to hawk gingerbread and beer.
- It's promoted by the natural-born hucksters within Apple because it has all the earmarks of something trendy and fashionable.
- My father voted Republican with the regularity of a huckster for Metamucil.
- There is little eyewitness reporting; there are almost no actual scenes of the speculators and hucksters at work.
- Time-share hucksters lurk in many hotel lobbies.
- Vanity Fair is the annual fair on Elstow village green, with its hucksters and cheap finery and pickpockets.
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] |