What does sharper mean?
Definitions for sharper
ˈʃɑr pərsharp·er
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Princeton's WordNet
cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, card shark(noun)
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
Wiktionary
sharper(Noun)
a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
Webster Dictionary
Sharper(noun)
a person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester
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Sharper
A sharper is an older term, common since the seventeenth-century, for thieves who use trickery to part an owner with his or her money possessions. Sharpers vary from what are now known as con-men by virtue of the simplicity of their cons, which often were impromptu, rather than carefully orchestrated, though those certainly happened as well. The 1737 Dictionary of Thieving Slang defines a sharper as "A Cheat, One who lives by his wits." In the nineteenth century, and into today, the term is more closely associated with gambling.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sharper in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sharper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of sharper in a Sentence
The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
As a candidate, as a businessman, as a man who is running for president, he should have been much, much sharper and clearer in his response and he wasn't.
I didn't really have it today but I was able to close out the round with a couple of birdies and get it back to even, my iron play needs to be a little bit better. And when I miss a green I've got to be sharper around the greens.
The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife.
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- malandroPortuguese
- шулерRussian
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