as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
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Recent Examples of huckster
One of them lost his entire life savings to a huckster in Kazakhstan, was forced to return to Russia and fled the country a second time to Armenia.
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Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
There are tricksters and hucksters and genial spouse-swappers.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Southern politics was and is replete with colorful characters, hucksters, showmen and demagogues who managed both to shock and engender fierce loyalty among their followers.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
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Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
There are tricksters and hucksters and genial spouse-swappers.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Southern politics was and is replete with colorful characters, hucksters, showmen and demagogues who managed both to shock and engender fierce loyalty among their followers.
—David Cason, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for huckster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huckster
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Address Buyer Skepticism And AI Overload Many buyers have heard lofty claims about how AI will solve their problems from a flood of vendors.Evan Powell, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Afterward, trot around the cheery network of vendors serving Scottish delicacies and winter drinks, or pick up last-minute artisanal gifts and decorations at the market’s many boutique stalls.Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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Arizona Republic Glendale police arrested two men suspected of following a man who withdrew $50,000 in cash to buy a truck before the money was grabbed from the car while the man was talking with the seller.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Works by Alberto Giacometti, Joan Mitchell, David Hockney, and Willem de Kooning rounded out the top seller list.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Where are the violent groups of the 2020 election? Threats of political violence, intimidation and insurrection have surged across the online extremist ecosystem in recent weeks, driven by a network of conspiracy theorists, disinformation peddlers and propagandists.Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Roosevelt, who would later become one of the most famous American presidents in history, not to mention one of the world’s most celebrated conservationists, pushed his way through the crowd of shoppers, screaming peddlers and vendors.Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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The city and Village merchants cannot thank them enough.Yan Zhao, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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There are large-scale merchants doing a lot of business there, so our platform is attuned for their needs.Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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His father, a construction worker, and his mother, a hawker, had 11 children and could only afford to send Lee to school for six years.Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
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After graduating from secondary school, Mackenzie worked as a street hawker in Mombasa, then drove a taxi in Malindi.Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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