huckster
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Lon Chaney plays a huckster circus performer who pretends to have no arms.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025
“These things mattered, and these are issues which are still relevant today,” said Darryl M. Bell, who played the Hillman huckster Ron Johnson.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
What can anyone expect from a huckster, who will peddle anything and anyone to line his pockets?
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
But preproduction is disrupted by downtrodden producer Brad Shlansky, a Long Island huckster who was forced to grow up fast and eventually ventured to Hollywood with his two sisters.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
A watermelon huckster stood in the shade beside his truck, holding up a long slice of orange-mealed melon, crying his wares with hoarse appeals to nostalgia, memories of childhood, green shade and summer coolness.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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