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cardsharp::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy |
| Type of | card player, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
Examples of cardsharp
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They have been dealt a lousy hand by the world's most slippery cardsharp.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
A conniving cardsharp heads for a high-stakes poker game.
From the post-gazette.com
An 1870s cardsharp becomes the guardian of three orphans.
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To demonstrate his prowess as a professional cardsharp, Harrelson offered the court an impromptu exhibition.
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady may sound like a cue for applause, but the title actually refers to a cardsharp coup.
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Trouble is, he doesn't gamble, shoot or ride horses, skills he needed for his part as a shady-dealing frontier cardsharp in the movie.
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Visitors can play a game of three-card monte with a computer cardsharp or use a keyboard to control toy robots in a factory made of Lego blocks.
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Then he turns the fiery enthusiasm of his practice on Bowman Wright's more easygoing Lincoln in an ongoing effort to get him back into the cardsharp trade.
From the sfgate.com
In high-fantasy LARPs, players might choose to play a sorcerer, barbarian or scholar, while in a Wild West game players might become a gunslinger, prostitute or cardsharp.
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- A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- A card sharp (informally cardsharp, card shark or cardshark) is a person who uses skill and deception to win at poker or other card games.
- (Cardsharps (Carrivaggio)) The Cardsharps (painted around 1594) is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
- One who is skilled at card games, especially at cheating in them
- Slang term for a gambler whose specialty is card games. This is frequently misspelled as cardshark
