Definition of Hucksters

1. Noun. (plural of huckster) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of huckster) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hucksters

1. huckster [v] - See also: huckster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hucksters

huckleberry above a persimmon
huckleberry oak
hucklebucks
huckles
hucks
hucksterage
huckstered
hucksterer
hucksterers
huckstering
hucksterish
hucksterism
hucksterisms
hucksters (current term)
huckstress
huckstresses
hucs
hudden
huddle
huddle together
huddled
huddler
huddlers
huddles
huddling
huddup
hudge
hudges

Literary usage of Hucksters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"that hucksters should, before exercising their employment, take a license, and be taxed a sum varying from five to thirty dollars.1 § 664 (360). ..."

2. Imperialism and Liberty by Morrison Isaac Swift (1899)
"MILITARY hucksters. this. They have inflamed the people with military passions, ... Military hucksters. That which will save us when military or political ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"... for one of bis teeth, as to ask him to allow me to attend lectures. I am. Sir, Your obedient servant, TSC.APS THE SALE OF MEDICINES BY hucksters. ..."

4. Antigua and the Antiguans: a Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants by Flannigan, Mrs Lanaghan (1844)
"Description of the town of St. John's, the capital of Antigua—Situation —Arrangement of the streets—hucksters—Houses—Springs—Small shops—Stores of the ..."

5. Tuscan Cities by William Dean Howells (1885)
"The Messer Capitani are all dead, with their party, and the hucksters are no longer afraid. XV. FOR my part, I find it hard to be serious about the tragedy ..."

6. Japan as it was and is by Richard Hildreth (1905)
"hucksters AND PEDLERS.—COURTESANS. " IT is scarce credible," says Kampfer, " what numbers of people daily travel in this country; and I can assure the ..."

7. Money and Its Laws: Embracing a History of Monetary Theories, and a History by Henry Varnum Poor (1877)
"The following letter, written from Albany to the " Philadelphia Packet," furnishes another illustration of the manner in which the assumed " hucksters ..."

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