单词 | sharper |
释义 | sharpern.1 1. One who or something which ‘sharps’ or sharpens. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening whetter1553 sharper1567 sharpener1640 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who sharpens whetter1553 sharper1567 sharpener1640 pointer1839 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 42 The Latine worde [sc. fæniculum: cf. It. finocchio] signifieth, that it should be sharper of the eiesight. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Aguzzatore, a grinder..of any weapon. Also a sharper. a1891 Electr. Rev. (U.S.) XV. vii. 10 Upright drills, milling machines, sharpers, etc. 2. A cheat, swindler, rogue; one who lives by his wits and by taking advantage of the simplicity of others; esp. a fraudulent gamester. Cf. shark n.2 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 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > cheat or swindler butter1474 rooka1568 steal-counter1588 nicker1669 sharper1681 tat-monger1688 gambler1735 blackleg1767 gouger1790 sharp1797 tatsman1825 leggism1843 spieler1859 sniggler1887 1681 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 99 Many of them sharpers about town. 1709 M. Prior Cupid & Ganymede 45 A Sharper, that with Box and Dice Draws in young Deities to Vice. 1742 E. W. Montagu Let. in Compl. Lett. Lady M. W. Montagu (1966) II. 269 I hear he avoided coming near the Sharpers, and is grown a good manager of his money. 1819 W. Scott Let. 4 Sept. (1933) V. 482 The resort of black-legs and sharpers. 1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ iv. 72 [He] falls an easy prey to the sharper. ΚΠ 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. 334 A bird, acquainted with the nets, is by the bird-catchers termed a sharper. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (sense 2). ΚΠ 1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. xciv With a hook nose and a hawk's eye, which gave A smart and sharper-looking sort of grace. 1842 C. G. F. Gore Fascination 22 Where is your master, pray?—Your sharper marquis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sharpern.2 U.S. An oyster having the end of the shell unusually sharp. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > of specific form coxcomb1763 sharper1881 1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 248 Sharpers, elongated, protruding, sharp-ended oysters, dangerous to the feet in moving about the reefs (Gulf coast). 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 548. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11567n.21881 |
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