hustler

[ huhs-ler ]

/ ˈhʌs lər /

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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.

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Origin of hustler

First recorded in 1815–25; hustle + -er¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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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

Word Origin and History for hustler

hustler

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.

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