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Definition of Cardsharper
1. Noun. A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
Generic synonyms: Card Player, Chiseler, Chiseller, Defrauder, Gouger, Grifter, Scammer, Swindler
Definition of Cardsharper
1. Noun. (rare) (alternative spelling of cardsharp) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cardsharper
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardsharper
Literary usage of Cardsharper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Racing Calendar by National Hunt Committee, London (1875)
"... Mr FG Court - 3 to 1 agst Colorado, 4 to i agst cardsharper, 6 to 1 agst
Rocket, and lO to 1 agst any other. Won bv ti'u lengths; Star of the West fell. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"... whom she had always believed in as the embodiment of honour and nobility, had
been nothing more than a notorious cardsharper, who had been willing to ..."
3. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"Just the sort of retort a cardsharper might make on a cardinal. I need hardly go
on to explain that Ibsen is at the back of this sudden explosion of ..."
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