A clear understanding of what is meant by the word huckster is crucial. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Al Sharpton - It says alot about the Democratic party that this race-baiting huckster is even allowed on stage, let alone taken seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2004 » January] Reference
A prop-betting huckster is making sure all his bets are +EV, and is very calculating about how to play the social aspects to encourage people to make - EV bets. From Wordnik.com. [Beating the Odds: Why Do People Insist on Even Bets?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The huckster is a very good and formidable candidate. From Wordnik.com. [ARG: Hillary Barely Ahead Of Obama In NH, Before Iowa Caucus Was Held] Reference
McCain has hammered his rival over the infomercial scheme, releasing two new TV ads this week calling Hayworth a "huckster" and urging, "Voter beware.". From Wordnik.com. [The ever-expanding Senate playing field, or not] Reference
We have said before that this Executive is being run like a 'huckster's shop'. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
McCain television ads called Hayworth a "huckster"; Hayworth's wife Mary accused. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
His mind was divided between a kind of huckster's triumph and a sense of intolerable humiliation. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Connie] Reference
McCain television ads called Hayworth a "huckster"; Hayworth's wife Mary accused McCain of character assassination. From Wordnik.com. [KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports] Reference
With regard to Jeff K. 's reply, calling Roger Wiegand a "huckster", I'd like to point out some issues I have with his claims. From Wordnik.com. [SurvivalBlog.com] Reference
Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The wife rose to answer the call of the street huckster. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
So the question arises: Cher, selfless pal or shameless huckster?. From Wordnik.com. [Cher And Cher Alike] Reference
This is heady stuff for a PT Barnum, carnival barker, talk show huckster. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Want to Promote Glenn Beck? Keep Bashing Him] Reference
The promise of a shepherd is different than the promise of a huckster or a fanatic. From Wordnik.com. [The Spiritual State: I Shall Fear No Evil] Reference
To him the huddle of huckster stands at the county fair made a pretty lively spectacle. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
One senior McCain aide compared Norquist to a classic 1920s tale of a huckster-preacher. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's Right Flank] Reference
NEWSWEEK's Brian Braiker recently caught up with the unrepentant cheeseball and tireless huckster. From Wordnik.com. [Boldly Going There] Reference
It was characteristic of our friend Gratian, that he should settle it as he did with that huckster. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
On Afghanistan, either the general or the president (or both) is a huckster for this high-interest war. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Crowe: Who's the Huckster for This High-Interest War?] Reference
We'll know from the White House's response to this military media blitz just who the huckster really is. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Crowe: Who's the Huckster for This High-Interest War?] Reference
A huckster is frequently accompanied by a dog, both being harnessed to the little cart which holds the wares. From Wordnik.com. [In and Around Berlin] Reference
The CFA designation implies that the representative is not a mere retail huckster but a highly skilled specialist. From Wordnik.com. [Investors Misled By Brokers Masquerading As Fiduciaries] Reference
I should prefer to learn about measures; for it is but lately I was cheated out of two choenices by a meal-huckster. From Wordnik.com. [Clouds] Reference
When we got off the cars, little huckster stands were everywhere -- apples, oranges, peaches, watermelons, everything. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
Last week, Glenn Beck demonstrated again why one should pay as much attention to him as they would a carnival huckster. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: Glenn Beck and the Life of Brian] Reference
The traveler might be a peddler or huckster, with an old horse and cart, and bring us in eggs and butter if he pleases. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
So, Serena turns out to be a backstabbing snake in the grass, and Gilbert, a chicanerous huckster on the scam for Isabel's money. From Wordnik.com. [Henry James' Heroine: 'Portrait' Of A Complex Lady] Reference
All was bustle there: they were bargaining with a huckster, who, knowing the proper hour, had arrived to buy the fresh-picked coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
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