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CARDSHARPER

Dictionary entry overview: What does cardsharper mean?

• CARDSHARPER (noun)
The noun CARDSHARPER has 1 sense:

1. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games

Familiarity information: CARDSHARPER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CARDSHARPER (noun)

Sense 1

cardsharper ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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 ("cardsharper" 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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