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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 huck·ster /ˈhʌkstɚ/
 小商人,叫賣的小販,卑鄙者(vt.)販賣,叫賣,還價(vi.)討價還價

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Huck·ster n.
 1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
 2. A mean, trickish fellow.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Huck·ster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 huckster
      n 1: a seller of shoddy goods [syn: cheap-jack]
      2: a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
      v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger,
            hawk, vend, pitch]
      2: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
         not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer]