"Hustler" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pass it to you," Mary congratulated. "You're a sure fierce hustler—just eat it up. Me—I've only ten an' a half, an' for a hard week... See you on the nine-forty. Sure now. We can just fool around until the dancin' begins. A lot of my gentlemen friends'll be there in ...
— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London
... through college and is now in my office. He's a hustler and is going to make a good business man. But thank God he has a heart in him as well as brains. He hopes to make "Carleton and Son" a big firm some day and he will. If he does, every man who faithfully and honestly handles his shovel will be part of the big firm. His idea isn't to make things ...
— One Way Out - A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America • William Carleton
... do much business," remarked Uncle Tad. "She has a store on a corner, which is the best place for one, as people on two streets pass it. But I'm afraid she isn't enough of a hustler." ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store • Laura Lee Hope
... held on too long. Keeping store in a wheat-growing district was not a simple matter of selling groceries; one was in reality a banker. Bills were not often paid until the crop was harvested, farmers began without much money, and one must know whom to trust. Indeed, one often financed a hustler who had no capital, and kept an honest man who had lost a crop on his feet; but the risk was great, and one felt the strain when there was rust and ...
— The Girl From Keller's - Sadie's Conquest • Harold Bindloss
... a move on," counseled Frank. "The corp is a hustler, and he'll have that squad together ...
— Army Boys on German Soil • Homer Randall
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