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单词 card shark
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card shark
card shark n. a person who is skilled at card games; (also) a person who cheats at cards; a card sharp. [Apparently < card n.2 + shark n.1 (compare shark n.1 2a), perhaps as an alteration of card sharp n.]
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1877 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 7 Sept. The subject of this gathering of card-sharks is to definitely settle the relative values of some of the larger denominations of hands.
1993 D. Burrus & R. Gittines Technotrends (1994) vi. 126 My players were calling and raising each other like real card sharks.
2002 Caribbean World Summer 65/1 Poker has continued to shed its negative image of the backroom card shark playing with an ace hidden up his sleeve.
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