n. [ OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h&unr_;ka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale. ] 1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mean, trickish fellow. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Huckstered p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering. ] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A huckster. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those hucksterers or money-jobbers. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]