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Middle English Dictionary Entry

hukker n.

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Entry Info

Forms	hukker n. Also h)ucker, hockar.
Etymology	Prob. OE; cp. MLG hoker & MDu. hoeker.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. hauker n.(2).

1.

(a) A petty merchant, peddler, male huckster; ?also, an auctioneer; (b) in surnames.

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a

c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)566/37 : Auccionator et Auccionatrix, an hukker & an hukkester.

b

(1297) Pleas Edw.I in BRS 19 [OD col.]p.119 (m.18 dorso) : Adam le Huckere de Saunford.
(1307) in Fransson Surn.54 : Joh. Le Hukker.
(1323) Court R.Lan.in LCRS 4141 : Richard le Uckermon.
(1327) in Fransson Surn.54 : Rob. Le Hockar.
(1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3240 : Nicholaus le Hukker.