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单词 huckster
释义
hucksterhuck‧ster /ˈhʌkstə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhuckster
Origin:
1100-1200 Middle Dutch hokester, from hoeken ‘to go around selling things’
Examples
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  • 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 disapprovalhucksterism noun [uncountable]
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