huckster
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What can anyone expect from a huckster, who will peddle anything and anyone to line his pockets?
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
It turned out that Neumann was a world-class huckster and the company couldn’t justify such a big valuation, and WeWork aborted the IPO.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2023
The show’s theme is California agriculture, its biblical title framing the Golden State as part fertile and utopian paradise, part huckster marketing dystopia.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023
Traveling huckster Hill, newly arrived in River City, Iowa, is selling his con — a kids’ band — by disparaging the game of pool.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
A watermelon huckster stood in the shade beside his truck, holding up a long slice of orange-mealed melon, crying his wares with hoarse appeals to nostalgia, memories of childhood, green shade and summer coolness.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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