A huckster is anyone who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. Historically, it meant any type of peddler or vendor, but over time it has assumed pejorative connota
Women huckstering from The Irish Sketch-Book, 1845
Itinerant medicine salesmen were often known as "hucksters"
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An arabber also A-rab is a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers still walk the s
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…The Hucksters (1947), an American film starring Clark Gable as a slick Madison Avenue advertiser. Arabber Costermonger…
Arabbers selling produce from horse-drawn carts, Union Square, Baltimore, 2011
David and Harry Silverman in their fruit peddling cart, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1920