huckster

  1. Noun.  A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall(,) or in the street.
  2. Noun.  Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
  3. Noun.  ne who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
  4. Noun.  Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To promote/sell goods in an aggressive/ showy manner.

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