subs. (old: now recognised).—1.  A retailer of small goods; a pedlar.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. HUCKSTER, the Retailers of the Market, who Sell in the Market at second Hand.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. HUCKSTERS, itinerant retailers of provisions.

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  2.  (old).—A mean trickster.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.

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  IN HUCKSTER’S HANDS, adv. phr. (old).—See quot.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. HUCKSTERS. … IN HUCKSTER’S HANDS, at a desperate Pass, or Condition, or in a fair way to be Lost.

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