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单词 hucksteress
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hucksteresshuckstressn.

Brit. /ˈhʌkstərᵻs/, /hʌkstəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈhəkstərəs/Brit. /ˈhʌkstrəs/, /hʌkˈstrɛs/, U.S. /ˈhəkstrəs/
Etymology: < huckster n. + -ess suffix1.
A female huckster or petty trafficker.
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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > petty or sordid > woman
hucksteress1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regratiere, an Hucksteresse; also a Regrateresse.
1811 Morning Post 30 Aug. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1812) XV. 312 The huckstress..threw one arm franticly over Mr. B.'s head.
1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables ii. 45 The immemorial lady..reduced now, in that very house, to be the hucksteress of a cent-shop.
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