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Definition of Card sharp
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Card Sharp
Literary usage of Card sharp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Wet Way by Alan Dale (1909)
"Often, I am regarded as a " card-sharp "—I feel sure of that. ... I have the face
of a card sharp. I know it, and the idea is oppressive and haunting. ..."
2. The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories by Stephen Crane (1997)
"I'll show you, you skin, you card-sharp! Yes, you cheated! You cheated! You cheated!”
“Well, let's go at it, then, mister,” said Johnnie, coolly. ..."
3. The Standard Index of Short Stories, 1900-1914 by Francis James Hannigan (1918)
"Harper 106:367 F '08 card sharp. RH Davis. Met 40:16 Je '14 Card to the public.
l. S. Cobb. Sal EP 187:5 О 24 '14 с л rder.cz. the guerrilla, EM Bacon. ..."
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