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Singapore's hawker culture added to Unesco list of intangible cultural heritage
Unesco's 24-member committee unanimously accepted Singapore's application.PHOTO: ST FILE

Hawker (trade) - Wikipedia

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A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with costermonger or peddler. In most places where the term is used, a hawker sells inexpensive goods, handicrafts, or food items. Whether ...

Stainless Steel Pots Recalled by Ocean State Jobbers Due to Burn Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Century Cookware Stainless Steel Stockpots
Units: About 7,000
Importer: Ocean State Jobbers Inc., of North Kingstown, R.I.
Hazard: The stainless steel pots have metal handles that can detach during use, posing a serious burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Ocean State Jobbers has received one report of the handles breaking off a pot and causing a burn injury.



odd-job man Show phonetics
noun [C] (ALSO odd-jobber)
a man who is paid to do a variety of jobs, especially in the house or garden

huckster

(hŭk'stər)

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., -stered, -ster·ing, -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.

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

hucksterism huck'ster·ism n.


中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小商人, 卑鄙者, 叫賣的小販
v. tr. - 販賣, 還價, 叫賣
v. intr. - 討價還價

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 呼び売り商人, 行商人, 広告屋
v. - 呼び売りする, 値切る



Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy
n.
A huckster. Gladstone.

Those hucksterers or money-jobbers.

Swift.

Hucksterage

n.
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.

Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes.

Milton.