cardsharp
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- cardsharping noun
Etymology
Origin of cardsharp
Example Sentences
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Watch her closely, the way you might watch the hands of a fast-dealing cardsharp, and be rewarded: a perfect, tiny can-you-believe-this eye roll here, a feline smile melting into laughter there.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023
In the movie’s final moments, the writer-director Wong Kar-wai turns the camera on a character we haven’t met yet: a handsome young cardsharp in a low-ceilinged flat, preparing for a night on the town.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021
He was Bret Maverick, a cardsharp and ladies man who got by on his wits instead of a six-gun and would just as soon duck a fight as face a showdown.
From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2014
Both were variations on the biblical story of the Prodigal Son, and these two artists were by no means the only artists to paint cardsharp scenes.
From Washington Post
The victim, a notorious cardsharp, was taken to the morgue. doggy-dog world.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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