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huckster

[huhk-ster] / ˈhʌk stər /


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Lon Chaney plays a huckster circus performer who pretends to have no arms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

MyPillow huckster Mike Lindell, freshly shorn of his walrus mustache, tried to debate a 12-year-old .

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2024

‘SHUCKED’ When the crop starts to fail in the small town of Cob County, an expert “corn doctor” arrives to help, but is he really a huckster?

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

But preproduction is disrupted by downtrodden producer Brad Shlansky, a Long Island huckster who was forced to grow up fast and eventually ventured to Hollywood with his two sisters.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

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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