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hustlement

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Miscellaneous household items; odds and ends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, US, Virginia, Yorkshire, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mixed gathering of persons, or things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, Yorkshire, countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of hustling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Caribbean, uncountable

Examples

  • 1966, Errol Hill, Strictly Matrimony, Scene 1, in Woodie King and Ron Milner (eds.), Black Drama Anthology, New York: Columbia University Press, 1972, p. 555, I like Sunday breakfast. No hustlement. And I like how you does prepare my meal good.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hustle, jostle, rush

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English ostelment, borrowed from Old French ostillement, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *usitilium, from neuter plural *usitilia, from Latin utensilia (“utensils”).

From hustle + -ment.