Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cardsharper en · NOUN

Etymology

From card + sharper.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Synonym of cardsharp.
    • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cardsharpers Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

cardsharp