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Meanings of cardsharper in English

Catalan
tafur
Spanish
tahúr

A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.

tafur
Usage of cardsharper in English
1
He was probably engaged to be married or else a cardsharper.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
2
A man once said, wanting to annoy me, that I have the face of a cardsharper.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
3
In any case, he was not a cardsharper, a swindler, a professional medium, or a spy.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
4
Lovel knew him for one Bedloe, a led-captain and cardsharper, whom he had himself employed on occasion.
The Path of the King
5
He knows a Tula cardsharper, but ask him whether he knows Semiradsky, Tchaykovsky, or Solovyov the philosopher-he'llshake his head....
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
6
Our way with cardsharpers is stern.
Lister's Great Adventure
7
"That is N. N., the famous Tula cardsharper who was had up in connection with the Y. bank affair."
The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
Translations for cardsharper
Spanish
tahúr
Cardsharper through the time