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CARD SHARPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does card sharper mean?
• CARD SHARPER (noun)
The noun CARD SHARPER has 1 sense:
1. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Familiarity information: CARD SHARPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
card shark; card sharp; card sharper; cardsharp; cardsharper; sharper; sharpie; sharpy
Hypernyms ("card sharper" is a kind of...):
card player (someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games)
chiseler; chiseller; defrauder; gouger; grifter; scammer; swindler (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)
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