Hustlement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Miscellaneous household items; odds and ends. UK, US, Virginia, Yorkshire, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Theye haue allso abundaunce of bed coueryngs in their houses, and of all other wollen stuffe. They haue greate store of all hustlements and implements of houshold."

  2. 2
    The act of hustling. Caribbean, uncountable

    "[…] in the hustlement of getting off the train nobody remember Henry and a guard had was to wake him up."

  3. 3
    A mixed gathering of persons, or things. UK, Yorkshire, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

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hustlejostlerush

Example

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"Theye haue allso abundaunce of bed coueryngs in their houses, and of all other wollen stuffe. They haue greate store of all hustlements and implements of houshold."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From hustle + -ment.

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