sharpy
- noun
- Offensive
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tramposo
- People avoided letting the sharpy join their tables at the casino.
Examples
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Rumors spread quickly when a known sharpy arrived in town, looking for his next victim.
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The poker game was rigged by a notorious sharpy who always managed to win big.
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The sharpy won the tournament by cheating.
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Did you hear about that sharpy who got caught cheating?
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The casino hired additional security to catch any sharpy who tried to cheat at the card tables.
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He was known as a sharpy because he could easily manipulate the rules to his advantage during games.
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Despite his charming personality, many players were wary of him, suspecting he was a sharpy at heart.
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who cheats at card games to win money
3
8.2
A person who is very good at playing cards and cheats to win
1
9.9
A person who cheats or tricks others to get money
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9.3
A person who cheats at card games to win money
1
8.8
A person who cheats at card games to win money
1
9.9
A card player who cheats to win money
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9.6
A person who cheats at card games to win money from other players
A person who cheats at card games to win money
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Morphology
sharpy = sharp (semi-transparent) = sharp + y
Built from the noun 'sharp' (cheat) + '-y', but the agentive/person-forming use and spelling variant are dialectal and less predictable for learners.
Etymology
Sharpy comes from an older slang use of sharp (and sharper) meaning 'cheat' or 'swindler', especially at cards. So a sharpy is a card player who tricks others to win.