| 单词 | card-sharper |
| 释义 | > as lemmascard-sharper card-sharper n. a person, esp. a professional gambler, who makes money by cheating at cards; (also) a person who is skilled at card games; cf. card sharp n. [ < card n.2 + sharper n.1 (compare sharper n.1 2).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card-sharper Greek1528 cheaterc1555 packer1586 palmer1671 operator1731 card sharp1840 card-sharper1841 mechanic1897 sharpie1942 card shark2002 1841 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 12 May (advt.) This Night the Great Wizard will..Change a Gentleman's Hat into a Feather Bed—Card Sharpers exposed—Cheat Cheating Gamblers, and a Thousand other Mysteries. 1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan (ed. 8) xvi. 183 Beware of pickpockets and cardsharpers dressed as gentlemen. 1955 Country Life 1 Dec. 1339/3 One of the great books of the nineteenth-twenties..as sparkling and refreshing as vintage champagne, as resourceful as a card-sharper. 2005 C. Alliott Not that Kind of Girl xxiv. 355 Your mother's a mean card-sharper as I'm sure you know, Henry. I'll be lucky if I get a game off her. < as lemmas |
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