† intn.
Obsolete.
? A sharper.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > a sharper, swindler
hawk1548
huckster1556
shifterc1562
coney-catcher1591
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
guller1602
gull-groper1602
poop-noddy1616
int1631
shirk1639
knight of industrya1658
hockettor1672
biter1680
sharper1681
duffer1735
sharp1797
diddler1803
chevalier of industry1807
flat-catcher1821
thimble-man1830
thimblerigger1831
thimblerig1839
riggerc1840
chevalier of fortune1867
flim-flammer1881
spiv1929
sharpie1942
shrewd1954
1631 R. Brathwait Cater-character ii. 12 in Whimzies His Nipps, Ints, Bungs and Prinado's.
1658 R. Brathwait Age of Apes in Honest Ghost 231 Flankt were my troups with bolts, bands, punks, and panders, Pimps, nips and ints, Prinados.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
in'tphr.
Obsolete (archaic in later use).
‘In it.’
ΚΠ
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 306 Goe take this shape And hither come in't . View more context for this quotation
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 246 The Devil's in't if you won't put that down.
1842 R. Browning Soliloquy Spanish Cloister viii Ope a sieve and slip in in't [rhyme print].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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