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Sorry, Faldage. Here in Zild, huckery means old, decrepit, run-down, threadbare, etc. Googling the owrd strongly suggests the usage is confined to Zild, and the word huckster is not used here. So, my question remains, where did we get our meaning of the word, and why does even the OED not have a reference for this usage?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted yegg WhitmanO'Neill 08/29/03 11:19 AM Re: yegg sjmaxq 08/29/03 11:48 AM Re: yegg tsuwm 08/29/03 12:46 PM Re: yegg wwh 08/29/03 01:22 PM Re: yegg sjmaxq 08/29/03 08:24 PM Re: huckery Faldage 08/30/03 12:19 PM Re: huckery sjmaxq 08/30/03 08:39 PM Re: huckery Faldage 08/30/03 09:37 PM Re: huckery Buffalo Shrdlu 08/30/03 09:54 PM Re: huckery sjmaxq 08/30/03 09:59 PM Re: huckery maverick 08/30/03 10:35 PM Re: huckery tsuwm 08/30/03 10:41 PM Re: huckery sjmaxq 08/30/03 10:51 PM Re: huckery AnnaStrophic 08/30/03 11:35 PM Re: huckery sjmaxq 08/31/03 03:19 AM Re: huckery AnnaStrophic 08/31/03 03:12 PM Re: huckery tsuwm 08/31/03 05:13 PM Re: huckery sjmaxq 08/31/03 08:06 PM Re: conceptual juxtaposition tsuwm 08/31/03 08:20 PM Re: huckery vbq 08/31/03 09:45 PM Re: huckery WhitmanO'Neill 09/01/03 01:21 AM Re: huckery teepee 05/29/13 05:42 AM Re: huckery tsuwm 08/30/03 09:41 PM Re: yegg GoodWolf 05/29/13 01:44 AM Re: huckery Faldage 05/29/13 10:29 AM Re: huckery GoodWolf 06/02/13 08:56 PM
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