Daily AncestorHuckster
A huckster was a small dealer who sold goods, often fresh produce, from a cart, stall or door to door.
In older records a huckster is simply a small-scale seller, frequently of fruit, vegetables, eggs or poultry, working from a wagon, market stall or on foot. The modern sense of a pushy or dishonest seller came later.
The 1880 census instructions told enumerators to use the word huckster wherever it applied, so it is common in city returns of that era.
As seen in a recordOccupation column of the 1880 to 1920 census
Patk. Kane, 39, Huckster, Ireland
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