huckster -- Gretchen

huck·ster  (hkstr)

n.

1. One who sells wares or provisions in the street; a peddler or hawker.

2. One who uses aggressive, showy, and sometimes devious methods to promote or sell a product.

3. Informal One who writes advertising copy, especially for radio or television.

v. huck·stered, huck·ster·ing, huck·sters

v.tr.

1. To sell; peddle.

2. To promote or attempt to sell (a commercial product, for example) in an overaggressive or showy manner.

3. To haggle over; deal in.

v.intr.

To engage in haggling.

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[Middle English, probably of Low German origin; akin to Middle Dutch hokester.]

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huckster·ism n

Each year, Gretchen hucksters Girl Scout cookies, using her sweetness to sell.