- a variation of cardsharp.
cardsharper
Example Sentences
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This man, a low fellow, probably a professional cardsharper, vowed that he had been robbed of a jewel which his host had staked, and it was said that a ring of great value had disappeared.
From Uncanny Tales by Mrs. Mary Louisa Molesworth
Shapkin the attorney managed my divorce for me, the rascal . . . the notorious cardsharper, the fellow who got a thrashing at the club.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
He was probably engaged to be married or else a cardsharper.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
Lovel knew him for one Bedloe, a led-captain and cardsharper, whom he had himself employed on occasion.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
"That is N. N., the famous Tula cardsharper who was had up in connection with the Y. bank affair."
From The Schoolmistress, and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
