cardsharper

Example Sentences

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A man once said, wanting to annoy me, that I have the face of a cardsharper.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

He was probably engaged to be married or else a cardsharper.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance

He knows a Tula cardsharper, but ask him whether he knows Semiradsky, Tchaykovsky, or Solovyov the philosopher—he'll shake his head....

From The Schoolmistress, and other stories by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

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 Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa

"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 Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich