A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
1 He may be a card sharper himself.
2 I looked upon Mr. Bundercombe as a card sharper of the ordinary type, and I simply blamed myself for having introduced him to my friends.
3 You're nothing more nor less than common card sharpers .
4 I'd rather be a Three- Card Sharper than a barrister; I'd rather sell cat's-meat in the streets.
5 The card sharpers were treated like honest people.
6 Unfortunately, however, there is a very easy means by which card sharpers manage the thing to perfection.
7 It won't be long before we arrive at Buenos Ayres, and then we won't be bothered with card sharpers or anybody else but-
8 'Regular right down card sharpers and macemen,' said I to myself, as I watched the way in which they faked the pasteboards.
9 "Mr. Bundercombe," he said, "calling himself, by the by, Mr. Parker, as an American card sharper was of no interest to us.
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