hustlern.
/ˈhʌslə/, U.S. /ˈhəs(ə)lər/ 1. One who takes part in hustling a person; one of a gang of pickpockets who work on this plan. Also, a thief, a criminal; one who makes his living dishonestly or by begging; a pimp. slang.
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1825 A. Knapp & W. Baldwin Newgate Cal. IV. 295/2 Known as a hustler.
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 47 Hustler,..a grafter; a pimp who steals betimes. The genteel thief is designated a ‘hustler’.
1926 Clues Nov. 161/2 Hustler, members of the underworld in general.
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie Gloss. 14. Pop corn, someone with a legitimate job, as opposed to a ‘hustler’ or thief.
1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. ix. 164 They's wreckage of jazz musicians.., ponces, and other hustlers like myself... I pimp around the town, picking the pounds up where I can.
1972 Observer 20 Aug. 7/4 Once, the hustler was the odd man out.
2.
a. U.S. A ‘hustling’ storm.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > a storm > violent storm > specific types
hurricane1555
typhoon1588
oliphant1616
elephant1702
elephanta1725
typhon1783
tropical storm1809
tropical cyclone1852
hustler1882
hurricano-
1882 T. G. Bowles Flotsam & Jetsam (1883) 245 The sky..had that dull, leaden, greasy look which usually portends a real good hustler.
b. Originally U.S. An extremely energetic or ‘pushing’ person. Also, a salesman, esp. one who is energetic or aggressive.
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1886 Publishers' Weekly 18 Dec. 965/1 Young man, a ‘hustler’ in every respect, wants a strictly first-class position with a ‘live’ book house.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Mar. 7/2 They have a word here to describe the typical New York man. They say he is a hustler. It..means a person in a condition of nervous hurry, and they are all hustlers here.
1891 Grip (Toronto) 18 Mar. 254/1 An enterprising down East Hustler lately conceived the idea of crowding the ‘Best Fifty Books’ into one volume, and selling the same by subscription.
1907 F. H. Burnett Shuttle xxiii. 235 I'm not passing myself off as anything but an ordinary business hustler..—just under salesman to a typewriter concern.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 4/1 His proper title is The Hustler, and his real business is to hustle from morning till night every man and woman..connected with the business.
1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Jan. 32/3 (advt.) Hustler wanted, 25 years or older, to sell a high-grade appliance.
1954 A. M. Bezanson Sodbusters invade Peace 194 Chris was a hustler, and brought to our partnership a type of aggressiveness I lacked.
1971 Black World Apr. 38/1 He pulls in £1,500 some weeks, and he's a small-time hustler.
c. A prostitute. slang.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1924 G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 408 Hustler, prostitute.
1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest iii. 27 ‘Who is this Dinah Brand?’..‘A soiled dove..a de luxe hustler, a big-league gold-digger.’
1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden 436 They would think she was just a buzzed old hustler.
1960 P. Goodman Growing up Absurd (1961) ix. 194 The juvenile delinquents, like the hustlers (male prostitutes), fancy themselves as movie heroes in sports cars.
1970 Women Speaking Apr. 4/2 Man keeps her on the defensive by a constant barrage of insulting words that describe her in sexual terms:..hustler, slut.
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