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cardsharp

Syllables: card·sharp/ˈkɑːdʃɑːp/US/ˈkɑɹdʃɑɹp/

cardsharp noun: a professional cheater at card games.

cardsharp: a professional cheater at card games
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Noun

cardsharp (plural cardsharps)

  1. A professional cheater at card games.
    • One of Tim’s great-grandparents was a cardsharp in the Wild West, and was shot dead during a game.
    • While thus running on, the knavish card-sharp was slowly, and with apparent fairness, cutting the pack, which was prepared by having every card but the honours of each suit cut at the ends, in so slight a degree, however, as not to shorten them enough to be detectible by an ordinary eye, though...1850, Henry Downes Miles, chapter XI, in Claude du Val, a Romance, of the Days of Charles the Second, Edwin Dipple, […], →OCLC, page 191

cardsharp meaning in Persian

cardsharp in Persian

professional cheater at card games
برگ زن

Examples of cardsharp in a sentence

  • They had been suckered in by a slick cardsharp once and had learned a lesson that still galled them whenever they were reminded of it.1989, Jean Haught, Prisoner of Passion (A Zebra Romance), London: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 34:
  • The cardsharp asked, ‘Now who wants to make a bet?’ The wise guy said, ‘I’ll make a bet.1990, Bob Longe, “Prediction”, in World’s Best Card Tricks, New York, N.Y.: Sterling Publishing, →ISBN, page 82:

Synonyms of cardsharp

Forms of cardsharp

pluralcardsharps
alternative formcardshark
alternative formcard sharp
alternative formcard-sharp

Origin of cardsharp

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

Words formed from cardsharp

Questions about cardsharp

What does cardsharp mean?
Cardsharp means a professional cheater at card games.
What is cardsharp in Persian?
Cardsharp in Persian is برگ زن. See Cardsharp meaning in Persian.
How do you use cardsharp in a sentence?
They had been suckered in by a slick cardsharp once and had learned a lesson that still galled them whenever they were reminded of it.
What part of speech is cardsharp?
Cardsharp is a noun.
How do you pronounce cardsharp?
Cardsharp is pronounced /ˈkɑːdʃɑːp/ (UK).
What is the plural of cardsharp?
The plural of cardsharp is cardsharps.

Words near cardsharp in the dictionary

  1. Cardross
  2. cards
  3. cards of ten
  4. cardshark
  5. cardsharks
  6. cardsharp
  7. cardsharper
  8. cardsharpers
  9. cardsharping
  10. cardsharps
  11. cardstock

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