hustler
Americannoun
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an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
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Slang. a person who employs fraudulent or unscrupulous methods to obtain money; swindler.
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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.
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Slang. a prostitute.
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a person who hustles.
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Hustler - Kenyan parlance for someone eking out a living against the odds - helped portray him as someone who would prioritise the needs of the struggling folk.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
The Supreme Court decision that made Oliver’s middle-finger musical possible is 1988’s Hustler Magazine, Inc. v.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2025
A famous example is the brief from an editorial cartoonists’ group that helped persuade Chief Justice William Rehnquist to side with Hustler magazine over televangelist Jerry Falwell.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024
US actress Piper Laurie - best known for her roles in The Hustler and Carrie films - has died aged 91, her manager has said.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2023
But now the editors of the Oasis and the Hustler have at least a hundred different styles of paper to select from.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
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