Definition of "hustler" []

• One who hustles: especially somebody who pretends to be an amateur at a game in order to win bets. (noun)
• A pimp. (noun)
• A prostitute. (noun)
• A male prostitute who sells his services to men. (noun)

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• "The next, I wonder if your use of the word hustler in describing carom billiards players is appropriate, indeed what you intended to imply."
• "[That's hustlers as in people who are busy trying to get stuff done, not sex workers (i guess that meaning of the term hustler is more of a 60's or 70's thing)]"
• "The pool hustler is an archetype of American's gritty underbelly."