hustler
pronunciation
How to pronounce hustler in British English:
UK [ˈhʌslə(r)]
How to pronounce hustler in American English:
US ['hʌslər]
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- Noun:
- a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
Word Origin
- hustler (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. We are 1 block from normandie and hustler casino .
- 2. He 's either a junkie or a hustler .
- 3. There 's nothing worse than a hustler with bad timing .
- 4. To take your half-price hustler out on the town tonight .
- 5. You think this boy is a hustler ?