Reverse Dictionary: HUCKSTER

HUCKSTER

NOUNS, PERSON
1478 — TAPPER a retailer; a huckster → Sc. obs.
1500 — BADGER one who buys corn and other commodities and carries them elsewhere to sell; an itinerant dealer who acts as a middleman between producer (farmer, fisherman, etc.) and consumer; a cadger, hawker, or huckster → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1589 PALTERER → PALTRER an equivocator; a shuffler; one who plays fast and loose; a haggler, a huckster; one who acts evasively
1602 HAGGLER an itinerant dealer; a huckster; a peddler
1637 HIGGLER an itinerant dealer; especially a carrier or huckster who buys up poultry and dairy produce, and supplies in exchange petty commodities from the shops in town
1702 HABERDASHERESS a female haberdasher of small wares; a female huckster
1785 CADGER a carrier, a huckster, a hawker of small wares → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1851 HAGGLER a middleman in the vegetable markets; a huckster or forestaller of green produce
1935 ARAB a huckster; a street peddler of vegetables and fruits → Amer. dial.
1942 ARABBER a huckster; a street peddler of vegetables and fruits → Amer. dial.


VERBS
1653 CAUPONATE to deal like a huckster with; to traffic in for the sake of gain → obs.
1948 ARAB to go huckstering → Amer. dial.