cardsharp
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- cardsharping noun
Etymology
Origin of cardsharp
Example Sentences
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Watch her closely, the way you might watch the hands of a fast-dealing cardsharp, and be rewarded: a perfect, tiny can-you-believe-this eye roll here, a feline smile melting into laughter there.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023
In the movie’s final moments, the writer-director Wong Kar-wai turns the camera on a character we haven’t met yet: a handsome young cardsharp in a low-ceilinged flat, preparing for a night on the town.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021
He was Bret Maverick, a cardsharp and ladies man who got by on his wits instead of a six-gun and would just as soon duck a fight as face a showdown.
From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2014
How I’d love to look at this painting in the company of a great cardsharp like the late Ricky Jay.
From Washington Post
The victim, a notorious cardsharp, was taken to the morgue. doggy-dog world.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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