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third-person singular simple present spruiks, present participle spruiking, simple past and past participle spruiked
(transitive, Australia) To promote a thing or idea to another person, usually informally. quotations examples
There was no spruiking or showmanship, no flash shirts or ten-gallon hats.
1948, Louis Esson, Louis Esson and the Australian Theatre, page 18
Lennon spruiks laptop 28 years after his death [title]
2008 December 30, “Lennon spruiks laptop 28 years after his death”, in The Sydney Morning Herald
It can be a hard job, constantly on your feet, trying to think of things to say to lure people into the store you are spruiking for.
2011, Kylie Ofiu, “Work as a spruiker”, in 365 Ways to Make Money, page 120