card sharp

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Whenever we used to want⟳ to take⟳ a rise⟳ out o' Bill after, we only had to ax him if he'd seen any more card sharps, and he'd get⟳ as mad as a hatter.”

“In hilly country sheep will sometimes get⟳ lost in small bands. […] Should they prove⟳ unmanageable, refusing to travel⟳, or running off from you, the adroit shepherd will practice against them a "string game" quite as effective as that the card sharp plays on the over-confident rustic. Catch⟳ the leader, or the whole party of rebels, and tie around one of the hind legs just above the hock joint, a piece of stout string— […]”

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