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cardsharp

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɑːdʃɑːp/Part of speech nounSorted aacdhprrsStarts with CEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games

Word origin

From card + sharp (“cheater, dishonest person”).

Used in a sentence

  • One of Tim’s great-grandparents was a cardsharp in the Wild West, and was shot dead during a game.
  • 'Why Moses,' said Satan, 'nor Angels nor sinners / Can live without eating; let's go to our dinners; / Men who play at old sledge cannot both be the winners; / The card-sharps, you know, lose the dimes to beginners; […]'
  • Whenever we used to want to take a rise out o' Bill after, we only had to ax him if he'd seen any more card sharps, and he'd get as mad as a hatter.

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