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sharpster colloq. (chiefly U.S.).|ˈʃɑːpstə(r)|
[f. sharp n.1 + -ster.]
1. = sharper1 2.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §436 Cheat,..sharpster, shaver, shyster. 1955Archivum Linguisticum VII. 153 An adjectival derivative..with the pejorative sense of ‘sharpster’. 1965English Studies XLVI. 465 A boxer, among scores of other appellations, may be a fightster..; a dishonest gambler, a sharpster.
2. A ‘sharp’ or stylish dresser. (In quot. attrib.)
1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) ii. vi. 144 Once I knocked on his door..and he opened it wearing..a vest with nothing underneath, and long striped sharpster pants. |