card-sharper
11card — 1. n. & v. n. 1 thick stiff paper or thin pasteboard. 2 a a flat piece of this, esp. for writing or printing on. b = POSTCARD. c a card used to send greetings, issue an invitation, etc. (birthday card). d = visiting card. e = business card. f a… …
12card sharp — /ˈkad ʃap/ (say kahd shahp) noun a person who cheats at cards. Also, cardsharper. {US (1880s); card1 + obsolete sharper a cheat at cards} –card sharping, noun …
13sharper — /ˈʃapə / (say shahpuh) adjective 1. comparative of sharp. –noun 2. Also, sharpie. a shrewd swindler. 3. → card sharp …
14cardsharper — 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 …
15Thief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Thief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 thief thief robber homo triumliterarum pilferer rifler filcher plagiarist GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 spoiler spoiler depredator pillager marauder …
16cardsharp — 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 …
17sharpie — noun 1. an alert and energetic person • Syn: ↑eager beaver, ↑busy bee, ↑live wire, ↑sharpy • Hypernyms: ↑actor, ↑doer, ↑worker • …
18sharpy — noun 1. an alert and energetic person • Syn: ↑eager beaver, ↑busy bee, ↑live wire, ↑sharpie • Hypernyms: ↑actor, ↑doer, ↑worker • …
19Lansquenet — (derived from the German landsknecht ( servant of the land or country ), applied to a mercenary soldier) is a card game.Game playThe dealer or banker stakes a certain sum, and this must be met by the nearest to the dealer first, and so on. When… …
20chiseler — noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud • Syn: ↑swindler, ↑defrauder, ↑chiseller, ↑gouger, ↑scammer, ↑grifter • Derivationally related forms: ↑scam ( …
