barrow boy vs huckster

barrow boy

noun
  • A boy or man who sells goods – especially fruit or vegetables – from a barrow; a costermonger. 

  • By extension, a financial industry worker from a working class or lower middle class family background. 

huckster

noun
  • A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street. 

  • Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner. 

  • One who deceptively sells fraudulent products. 

  • Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television. 

verb
  • To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain. 

  • To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle. 

  • To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner. 

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