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From: "Virginia Beck" <>
Subject: Re: [OHCLER] Huckster
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 09:44:05 -0700
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> On the 1880 census my gr. gr. grandfather is listed as a huckster.
> What would this have been back then?
> Thanks

1. (n.) A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a
peddler; a hawker
2. (v.) To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.

Today's hucksters are the guys & gals who sell stuff on those shopping
channels!



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