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Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhs-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌs lər

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Définition of hustler

Origin :
  • 1825, "thief" (especially one who roughs up his victims), from hustle (v.) + -er (1). Sense of "energetic worker" (especially, but not originally, a salesman) is from 1884; sense of "prostitute" dates from 1924.
  • noun con artist; prostitute
Example sentences :
  • A tout is guessing all the time, but a hustler is likely to know something.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • He did not wait for business to come to him, he put himself in the path of business; he was a hustler.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • In his public speeches he alludes to himself humorously as a hustler.
  • Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • "I'm a hustler on a dicker, and a hellion on junk," snapped the boss.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • His father was a hustler, but the family didn't take after him.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • He isn't a hustler, but a rough man would never have suited Tony.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • Landon is almost as good a hustler as Tony, and a much better forester.
  • Extract from : « The Forester's Daughter » by Hamlin Garland
  • He's a hustler and makes money, and of course has a firm grip on McElwin's heart.
  • Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
  • The construction boss was a hustler, and he drove us mercilessly.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Trail » by Harold Bindloss
  • I'm fogy and they want a hustler to represent 'em for a change.
  • Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin

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