card shark
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An upstart card shark has a marathon game with the king of stud poker in 1930s New Orleans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2019
But when it comes to discussing details, he’s as savvy and coy as a card shark.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2019
In John Sayles’ 1984 movie The Brother From Another Planet, a card shark is riding a northbound A train that is about to make the 66-block jump from Midtown to Harlem.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018
His mother had been born on the Six Nations Indian Reserve in southwestern Ontario; later in life he discovered that his birth father, whom he never met, had been a card shark and also Jewish.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2016
The rule recorded, however, the principal proceeded to participate in downtown card parties until he established a reputation, in the language of the boys, as a "card shark."
From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.
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