▁word ▁was ▁in ▁use ▁circa ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁( as ▁" hu cc ster ess "). ▁During ▁the ▁medieval ▁period , ▁the ▁word ▁assumed ▁the ▁femin ine ▁word ▁ending ▁" ster " ▁as ▁in ▁h uck ster ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁most ▁h uck sters ▁were ▁women . ▁The ▁word ▁assumed ▁various ▁spell ings ▁at ▁different ▁times : ▁h uk k ery e , ▁h uk rie , ▁h ock ery e , ▁h ucker str ye ▁or ▁h ox ter ye . ▁The ▁word ▁was ▁still ▁in ▁use ▁in ▁England ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 4 0 s , ▁when ▁it ▁appeared ▁as ▁a ▁black ▁market ▁occupation . ▁It ▁is ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Middle ▁Dutch ▁h ok ester , ▁ho ek ster ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁Low ▁German ▁hö ker , ▁but ▁appears ▁earlier ▁than ▁any ▁of ▁these . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁there ▁developed ▁a ▁con notation ▁of ▁trick ery ▁– ▁the ▁h uck ster ▁might ▁trick ▁others ▁into ▁bu ying ▁cheap ▁im itation ▁products ▁as ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁real ▁thing . ▁ ▁Other ▁mean ings ▁ ▁The ▁term , ▁' h uck ster ', ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁different ▁ways ▁across ▁Europe ▁and ▁also ▁took ▁on ▁different ▁mean ings ▁at ▁different ▁times . ▁ ▁In ▁Scotland ▁In ▁Scotland , ▁the ▁term ▁h uck ster ▁referred ▁to ▁a ▁person , ▁usually ▁a ▁woman , ▁who ▁bought ▁goods , ▁water ed ▁them ▁down , ▁and ▁res old ▁them ▁in ▁tiny ▁quantity ▁to ▁others ▁who ▁were ▁too ▁poor ▁to ▁buy