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huckster
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huckster
1. a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling
2. Now rare a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street


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Too often, the most famous members of the profession become preoccupied by their own personalities, generating flashy images and huckstering iconic trademarks.
As a consequence, I would be constrained to advise the CEO to engage the services of another firm, possibly one involved in huckstering its services on radio and television--those responsible for debasing our profession into a "business" or "industry.
While art snobs might sniff at Martin Lawrence's commercialization of art huckstering, the plan worked until recently.
 
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