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▪ I. hustling, vbl. n.1|ˈhʌslɪŋ|
[f. hustle v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb hustle in various senses.
1760J. Adams Diary 2 June Wks. 1850 II. 86, I had no..companions for pleasure, either in walking, riding, drinking, hustling, or any thing else. 1797Sporting Mag. X. 198 Amusing himself with pricking in the belt, hustling in the hat, &c. 1890Boldrewood Col. Reformer (1891) 154 It [a horse] took a little hustling to prevent his being distanced. 1897Daily News 30 July 7/1 The first woman to cross over the divide..She did much ‘hustling’ in the winter, and she showed a noble pair of moose antlers as a trophy of her skill with the rifle.
b. Robbery, esp. with violence.
1823‘J. Bee’ Slang 102 Hustling, forcible robbery, by two or more thieves seizing their victim round the body, or at the collar. 1826New Newgate Calendar V. 337 Transported for hustling. 1972Observer 20 Aug. 7/4 ‘Hustling’ has been growing steadily for years... By 1968,.. of 150 cases of bag-snatching, 87 were alleged to have been committed by black youths.
c. Prostitution, soliciting as a prostitute.
1924G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 408 Hustling, streetwalking. 1938‘M. Benney’ Scapegoat Dances vi. 77 Bond Street might be better. There's good 'ustling there. 1959Anon. Streetwalker iv. 85, I had to use the flat for hustling. 1969Jeremy I. iii. 22/2 Hustling, working as a male prostitute.
▪ II. † hustling, vbl. n.2 Obs. rare—1.
[? Echoic: cf. rustle.]
Clashing, hurtling; ? rustling.
1513Douglas æneis xii. xii. 7 The husling in [ed. 1553 hussilling of] his armour dyd rebund And kest a terribill or a feirfull sound [Virgil, horrendumque intonat armis].
▪ III. hustling, ppl. a.|ˈhʌslɪŋ|
[f. hustle v. + -ing2.]
That hustles, pushing.
1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 11 The low bee-hive bench, the trough Of hustling swine. 1896Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 4 Jan. 10/5 It..is more like the hustling United States dailies than the other Mexican dailies. |