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Hustler   /hˈəsələr/  /hˈəslər/   Listen
Hustler

noun
1.
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.  Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, slattern, street girl, streetwalker.
2.
A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties.  Synonyms: operator, wheeler dealer.






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"Hustler" Quotes from Famous Books



... said he, "I knew you'd land something good. You're a hustler. You'll make a fortune out of ...
— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach

... Seems to me that as long as Abel Armstrong can stride up and down in that garden of his, reciting poetry and speeches, or talking to that yaller cat of his as if it was a human, he doesn't care much how the world wags on. He never had much git-up-and-git. His father was a hustler, but the family didn't take after him. They all favoured the mother's people—sorter shiftless and dreamy. 'Taint the way to git on in ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 • Lucy Maud Montgomery



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