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Definition of Sharker
1. n. One who lives by sharking.
Definition of Sharker
1. Noun. (archaic) One who lives by trickery; a conman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sharker
1. one that sharks [n -S] - See also: sharks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharker
Literary usage of Sharker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1866)
"I think nothing more need be done in the matter till I see sharker and Flint.'
' D—n sharker and Flint !' said the pious banker as he went down stairs, ..."
2. Picture of a Factory Village: To which are Annexed, Remarks on Lotteries by Thomas Man (1833)
"From which have been sold and paid, for Capital Prizes, more than Ten Millions
of Money in sharker AND INDEPENDENCE, OR THE WAY TO CATCH GULLS. ..."
3. Picture of a Factory Village: To which are Annexed, Remarks on Lotteries by Thomas Man (1833)
"sharker AND INDEPENDENCE, OR THE WAY TO CATCH GULLS. ... Where, in this bright
Temple, by sharker, I cried, With my small stock of rhino a Ticket I '11 buy, ..."
4. Below the Surface: A Story of English Country Life by Arthur Hallam Elton (1857)
"Mops and buckets, Mrs. sharker ! Mops and buckets ! And hark'ee, sharker, ...
Away went Mrs. sharker, away went ..."
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