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sharpers

sharpers is the plural of sharper.

Meaning of sharper

Noun

sharper (plural sharpers)

  1. (dated) A swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
    • I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of Glubbdubdrib. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte...
    Synonyms:
    chiseler, spiv

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Proper noun capitalized: Sharpers

Sharpers

  1. (plural) plural of Sharper

Questions about sharpers

What is sharpers the plural of?
Sharpers is the plural of sharper.
What part of speech is sharpers?
Sharpers is a proper noun.

Words near sharpers in the dictionary

  1. sharpenings
  2. sharpens
  3. sharpens up
  4. sharper
  5. sharper-toothed
  6. sharpers
  7. Sharperton
  8. sharpest
  9. sharpest-toothed
  10. Sharpey
  11. Sharpey's fibres

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