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- noun Plural form of
hucksterer .
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Examples
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Amongst this assembly of women of all ages and conditions (many of whom were married), there were regular frequenters, who had been there almost from time immemorial; occasional dabblers; chance hucksterers: most were there compelled by the supreme necessity of earning a living; others displayed their wares in order to provide luxuries; whilst a few were present merely for the fun of an infrequent bargain.
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We'll do the generously fair thing -- for, we're not hucksterers but gentlemen. "
Grain of Dust. 1911
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We'll do the generously fair thing -- for, we're not hucksterers but gentlemen. "
The Grain of Dust David Graham Phillips 1889
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They call us a nation of shopkeepers; they make war, themselves, in the spirit of a nation of petty hucksterers. "
The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War F. T. [Illustrator] Young 1867
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