cardsharper

cardsharper
cardsharp card"sharp`, cardsharper card"sharp`er . a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. [WordNet 1.5]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • cardsharper — noun see cardsharp …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cardsharper — n. dishonest cardplayer …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cardsharper — noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games • Syn: ↑cardsharp, ↑card sharp, ↑card sharper, ↑sharper, ↑sharpie, ↑sharpy, ↑card shark • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • cardsharp — noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games • Syn: ↑card sharp, ↑cardsharper, ↑card sharper, ↑sharper, ↑sharpie, ↑sharpy, ↑card shark • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • cardsharp — card sharp , cardsharper card sharp er . a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cardsharp — or cardsharper noun Date: 1859 a person who habitually cheats at cards …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cardsharp — cardsharping, n. /kahrd shahrp /, n. a person, esp. a professional gambler, who cheats at card games. Also, cardsharper. [1855 60, Amer.; CARD1 + SHARP] * * * …   Universalium

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  • adventurer — Synonyms and related words: adventuress, alpinist, astronaut, betting ring, bettor, big operator, boneshaker, bounder, bourgeois gentilhomme, brazenface, cad, camper, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, charlatan, cheat, climber, comers and goers …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bettor — Synonyms and related words: adventurer, betting ring, boneshaker, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, compulsive gambler, crap shooter, gambler, gamester, hazarder, petty gambler, piker, player, plunger, punter, sharp, sharper, sharpie, speculator …   Moby Thesaurus

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