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Noun: hustler  hús-lu(r)
  1. [N. Amer, informal] A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
    - wheeler-dealer, operator
     
  2. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
    - streetwalker, street girl

Derived forms: hustlers

Type of: chancer [Brit, informal], cyprian [archaic], opportunist, prostitute, prozzie [slang], self-seeker, trull [archaic], wench [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Hustler, WI

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