Hucksters

Someone who retails small goods. A broker. A middleman.

"So are some men deceivers and liars like the craftsmen. The shoemaker saith: 'See, these are two most excellent soles'; and he hath burned them before the fire, and lieth and cheateth thee of thy money. And the baker floods his dough with yeast, so that thou, who dreamest to have bought bread, thou has bought mere air for bread. And the huxter pours beer sometimes, or water, into his oil; and the butcher will sell calves' flesh at times, saying: 'It is three weeks old': and it is scarce a week old...."

Berthold von Regensburg, "Tricks of Trade," Sermons (13th century).