sharpie
or sharp·y
[shahr-pee]
- sharper.
- a very alert person.
- Slang. an ostentatiously stylish person.
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Origin of sharpie
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Contemporary Examples
Who drew trees and nudes on her bedroom wall using a Sharpie.
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September 26, 2014
It had her date of birth and death written on it with a Sharpie.
So, too, are the poster board and Sharpie signs left with dead bodies.
His edits often were indecipherable, mysterious marks on the side of the page written with a Sharpie.
Historical Examples
The photog in the purple shirt is really a sharpie at lepping.
The Galaxy PrimesEdward Elmer Smith
Captain Joe shook his head, and the sharpie plunged on and rounded the point into the perfect calm of the protecting shore.
Caleb West, Master DiverF. Hopkinson Smith
The three best rigs for single-man handling are the ketch, yawl or sharpie, or double cat, as it is sometimes called.
On Yachts and Yacht HandlingThomas Fleming Day
A man who knocks about a sandy land in a sharpie should always carry a shovel with him.
On Yachts and Yacht HandlingThomas Fleming Day
He was one of a party of four who were cruising along the gulf coast in a sharpie.
Days in the OpenLathan A. Crandall
sharpie
- Australian a member of a teenage group having short hair and distinctive clothesCompare skinhead
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Sharpie
- trademark a type of permanent marker
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