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[ huhs -ler ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈhʌs lər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
Slang . a person who employs fraudulent or unscrupulous methods to obtain money; swindler.
Informal . an expert gambler or game player who seeks out challengers, especially unsuspecting amateur ones, in order to win money from them: He earned his living as a pool hustler.
Slang . a prostitute.
a person who hustles.
Origin of hustler First recorded in 1815–25; hustle + -er1
Words nearby hustler Husserl, Hussite, hussy, hustings, hustle, hustler , hustle up, Huston, hut, hutch, Hutcheson
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Example sentences from the Web for hustler The two appeared nude together in the Jan. 2014 issue of Hustler , but she says they broke up in May.
Christy Mack: The Porn World Unites Over A Fallen Comrade | Aurora Snow| August 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Strong in the thought that he had 365 days running for him, the second hustler was pleased to accept.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man | John Lardner| May 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
At first, when his name was revealed by Hustler in connection to the case, Vitter acknowledged it.
There’s No Getting Rid of David Vitter, America’s Most Contemptible Senator | Michael Tomasky| January 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Recently, a Photoshopped picture of conservative pundit S.E. Cupp with a phallus in her mouth was printed in Hustler magazine.
Meghan McCain: Cut It Out, Internet Bullies! | Meghan McCain| May 27, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The headline on the Hustler piece poses the question, “What Would S.E. Cupp Look Like With a Dick in Her Mouth?”
Hustler Magazine Sparks Rage With a Rude Image of Pundit S.E. Cupp
| Abigail Pesta| May 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
In his public speeches he alludes to himself humorously as a hustler .
From a Cornish Window | Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He was sometimes called a tout, but this he resented bitterly, explaining the difference between a tout and a hustler .
Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
Mr. Moon, that hustler , had wrought for the moment, not for all time.
Indiscretions of Archie | P. G. Wodehouse
"Engle is telling everybody that the horse ain't quite ready," persisted the hustler .
Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
A hustler from North or East would put in electric shakers instanter—a thousand or is it ten thousand revolutions to the minute?
The Personality of American Cities | Edward Hungerford
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