Sentence examples for hustler from inspiring English sources

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hustler

noun

One who hustles: especially somebody who pretends to be an amateur at a game in order to win bets.

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Edgecombe, a smalltime hustler and jazz promoter from Antigua, met the 20-year-old Keeler through a mutual friend in September 1962.

You had to be a hustler, and I'm no hustler".

After admiring the pool table where Jackie Gleason rehearsed his role as Minnesota Fats in The Hustler, we had "one for the road" in The Billy Crystal bar.

Simon describes them as, respectively, the cool, quiet one no one seems able to reach; the wannabe gangster who can't really take the heat; the hustler with a scheme for every situation; and the smelly kid with social problems.

With Welbeck relegated to the role of secondary hustler in a team sustained by the arrival of Robin van Persie, 2012-13 was the season his progress as a goalscorer stalled decisively.

By the end of the book he sees himself as a hustler like the rest, bending the rules to get what he wants in his case, information.

It's better to be a street hustler".

As a youthful hustler, petty thief and drug-dealer he was "Detroit Red".

Even these had moments of electric sexiness: Fast Eddie in "The Hustler" stroking a baize table, Hud nibbling on a flower.

Terminal decline Shock and ore Plugging in Home alone The hustler Reprints Related items European airlines: The Italian exceptionOct 12th 2006Potential buyers are said to include Air France, a member, with Alitalia, of an alliance called SkyTeam; Air One, an Italian airline which has a partnership with Germany's Lufthansa; and private-equity groups.

Terminal decline Shock and ore Plugging in Home alone The hustler Reprints Related items Junk food: A little less of what you fancyJan 4th 2007 Obesity and bacteria: Greedy guts?Jan 4th 2007 Health consumerism: The wellness boomJan 4th 2007 Coca-Cola: In hot waterOct 6th 2005 Face value: Selling energyMay 9th 2002Will consumers take to Enviga?

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