page_title: Huckster
section_title: Other meanings
hierarchical_section_title: Huckster / Other meanings
caption_attribution_description: A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, after J. Bertaux, 1776. Iconographic Collections Keywords: itinerant salesman; quack doctor; Isidore-Stanislas Helman; charletan; Louis Jean Gu&#233;ret; Jacques Bertaux; j bertaux; i helman; ic; medicine vendor
context_page_description: A huckster is anyone who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. Historically, the term meant any type of vendor, but over time it has assumed pejorative connotations.
context_section_description: The term, 'huckster', was used in different ways across Europe and also took on different meanings at different times.
caption: Itinerant medicine salesmen were often known as 'hucksters'
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