huckster
noun/ˈhʌkstə(r)/
/ˈhʌkstər/
(old-fashioned, North American English)- (disapproving) a person who uses aggressive or annoying methods to sell something
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- a person who sells things in the street or by visiting people’s houses
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘retailer at a stall, hawker’): probably of Low German origin.
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