hosselen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Surinamese Dutch slang, either from English hustle (which itself derives from Dutch) or directly from hutselen, frequentative of hutsen, from Middle Dutch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ.sə.lə(n)/ Hyphenation: hos‧se‧len Rhymes: -ɔsələn === Verb === hosselen (Suriname, Netherlands) to work hard Synonyms: ploeteren, zwoegen (Suriname, Netherlands) to acquire something or subsist with difficulty (Suriname, Netherlands, slang) to obtain money illicitly, especially through drug dealing; to hustle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== chosselen ==== Derived terms ==== hosselaar ==== Descendants ==== → Caribbean Hindustani: hossel kare === Further reading === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hosselen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute