hustler
[huhs-ler]
- 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
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for hustler
Contemporary Examples
The two appeared nude together in the Jan. 2014 issue of Hustler, but she says they broke up in May.
Strong in the thought that he had 365 days running for him, the second hustler was pleased to accept.
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 SenatorMichael Tomasky
January 22, 2014
Recently, a Photoshopped picture of conservative pundit S.E. Cupp with a phallus in her mouth was printed in Hustler magazine.
The headline on the Hustler piece poses the question, “What Would S.E. Cupp Look Like With a Dick in Her Mouth?”
Historical Examples
A tout is guessing all the time, but a hustler is likely to know something.
Old Man CurryCharles 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.
In his public speeches he alludes to himself humorously as a hustler.
From a Cornish WindowArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"I'm a hustler on a dicker, and a hellion on junk," snapped the boss.
Blow The Man DownHolman Day
His father was a hustler, but the family didn't take after him.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922Lucy Maud Montgomery
Word Origin and History for hustler
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper