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Hucksterism definition, a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker. See more.
The original meaning of huckster is a person who sells small articles, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store, like a peddler or hawker. The term probably derives from the Middle English hucc meaning to haggle. The word was in use circa 1200 (as huccsteress).