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单词 huckster
释义 huck·ster
I. \ˈhəkstə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English hukster, hokster, from Middle Dutch hokester, hoekster, from hoken, hoeken to peddle, bear on the back, squat + -ster — more at hawker
1. : one that sells goods along the street or from door to door : hawker, peddler
2.
 a. archaic : one that buys to resell at a profit : middleman
 b. : one that acts primarily from mercenary motives
3.
 a. : one that produces advertising material for commercial clients : adman
  < home is not the plastic chromium dream … the hucksters promised to them — R.W.Kenny >
 specifically : one that prepares or delivers commercials for radio or television
  < hucksters speak only to sponsors; and sponsors don't speak at all, they read sales charts — Walter Goodman >
  < a syrupy-voiced huckster proclaiming the virtues of Dinkelspiel's Deodorant — Bennett Cerf >
 b. : one that employs persuasive showmanship to make a sale or attain an objective
  < the most adroit huckster of $1000 trinkets in our time — Maurice Zolotow >
  < minds taught to respond without reflection to the slogans of our political huckstersNew Republic >
II. verb
(huckstered ; huckstered ; huckstering \-t(ə)riŋ\ ; hucksters)
intransitive verb
: haggle
 < huckster over prices on the black market >
transitive verb
1. : to deal in or bargain over : retail for profit
 < huckster fresh eggs >
 < huckster real estate >
 < huckster his services >
2. : to promote by showmanship
 < a store where cheap stuff is ballyhooed and huckstered into seeming richness — C.W.Drepperd >
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