Posted by Bob Thompson on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 00:50:06 :
In Reply to: So Huckster is.... posted by MoparNorm on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 20:59:51 :
Ford , Hudson, Graham and a host of others.
I was speaking to a friend this evening and he expanded the etymology of the word to include an 18th century english term for an entertaining salesman/tradesman. I guess the better your jokes or songs, the more turnips you sold or knives you sharpened.