† sharkern.1
Obsolete.
One who ‘sharks’ or lives by cheating and dishonesty; a cheat, thief, swindler.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]
feature14..
frauderc1475
prowler1519
lurcher1528
defrauder1552
frauditor1553
taker-upc1555
verserc1555
fogger1564
Jack-in-the-box1570
gilenyer1590
foist1591
rutter1591
crossbiter1592
sharker1594
shark1600
bat-fowler1602
cheater1606
foister1610
operator1611
fraudsman1613
projector1615
smoke-sellera1618
decoy1618
firkera1626
scandaroon1631
snapa1640
cunning shaver1652
knight of industrya1658
chouse1658
cheat1664
sharper1681
jockey1683
rooker1683
fool-finder1685
rookster1697
sheep-shearer1699
bubbler1720
gyp1728
bite1742
swindler1770
pigeon1780
mace1781
gouger1790
needle1790
fly-by-night1796
sharp1797
skinner1797
diddler1803
mace cove1811
mace-gloak1819
macer1819
flat-catcher1821
moonlight wanderer1823
burner1838
Peter Funk1840
Funk1842
pigeoner1849
maceman1850
bester1856
fiddler1857
highway robber1874
bunco-steerer1875
swizzler1876
forty1879
flim-flammer1881
chouser1883
take-down1888
highbinder1890
fraud1895
Sam Slick1897
grafter1899
come-on1905
verneuker1905
gypster1917
chiseller1918
tweedler1925
rorter1926
gazumper1932
chizzer1935
sharpie1942
sharpster1942
slick1959
slickster1965
rip-off artist1968
shonky1970
rip-off merchant1971
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
1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (1904) I. 379 Next a companie of lusty sailers (euerie one a sharker or a swaggerer at the least).
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1127 His baggage..was assailed and taken by the Haiduckes and such other sharkers enured to prey.
1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. ¶¶7 And passing Smithfield..The owle-eyd Sharkers spied him.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 168 To kicke them, as we use to doe with discovered Cheators, and Sharkors, as meere deluders, and Impostors.
1651 I. Walton Life of Wotton in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) sig. f1 A hungry Renegado, a dirty Sharker about the Romish Court.
1663 Recreation for Ingenious Head-peeces sig. A5 Epigrams..12. Of Shift the Sharker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
sharkern.2
/ˈʃɑːkə/ One who fishes for sharks.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for others
shadder1630
smelter1845
grayling angler1847
haker1856
sharker1885
snoeker1959
1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 182 The sharkers had not been idle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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