Synonyms for hustler
| 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
- 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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