Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who hustles; specifically, one who is active and energetic in business; a lively worker.
- noun A strong, heavy turning-chisel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
hustles : especially somebody whopretends to be anamateur at agame in order to winbets . - noun A
pimp . - noun A
prostitute . - noun A
male prostitute who sells his services to men.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- noun a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
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Examples
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The next, I wonder if your use of the word hustler in describing carom billiards players is appropriate, indeed what you intended to imply.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The next, I wonder if your use of the word hustler in describing carom billiards players is appropriate, indeed what you intended to imply.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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[That's hustlers as in people who are busy trying to get stuff done, not sex workers (i guess that meaning of the term hustler is more of a 60's or 70's thing)]
DIY Filmmaker Sujewa 2009
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The pool hustler is an archetype of American's gritty underbelly.
Boing Boing 2007
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See, here in the real world, the phrase "race hustler" is code for "I'd like to use the N-word but I'm a little too embarassed to do it in public."
Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008
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See, here in the real world, the phrase "race hustler" is code for "I'd like to use the N-word but I'm a little too embarassed to do it in public."
Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008
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See, here in the real world, the phrase "race hustler" is code for "I'd like to use the N-word but I'm a little too embarassed to do it in public."
Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008
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She told me her brother was Michael, who was known as a hustler and was in a wheelchair, paralyzed, having been shot for gambling with loaded dice, according to the story.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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A pretty boy Bacchus, in a Caravaggio painting, is at once the Greek god himself and an urban hustler from the streets.
Archive 2005-12-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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She told me her brother was Michael, who was known as a hustler and was in a wheelchair, paralyzed, having been shot for gambling with loaded dice, according to the story.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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