cardsharps

I myself have long been a partisan of "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game" 1978, with its cast of Depression-era cardsharps and pool-hall hustlers—"Broadway's action-easy, gravy-vested sporting mob."

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

But when the intimidation from his Cadeleonian classmates turns bloody, Kiram unexpectedly finds himself befriended by Javier Tornesal, the leader of a group of cardsharps, duelists and lotharios who call themselves Hellions.

Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2010

But when the intimidation from his Cadeleonian classmates turns bloody, Kiram unexpectedly finds himself befriended by Javier Tornesal, the leader of a group of cardsharps, duelists and lotharios who call themselves Hellions.

Archive 2010-04-01 John 2010

Their knowledge, to say the least, far exceeds what is expected of a collection of shadowy cardsharps.

The One Percent: Society and Style Johnson, Jamie 2009

Lievens's cardsharps, bald-headed, bearded saints, and -- especially -- a tightly focused "Feast of Esther," with its glowing light and gorgeous, theatrical costumes, bear witness to his mastery of the style.

An Engaging Museum Show 2008

At about the same time he joined the Tribune, Bret Harte wrote a comic ballad about two Western cardsharps outsmarted by an Oriental named Ah Sin.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

At about the same time he joined the Tribune, Bret Harte wrote a comic ballad about two Western cardsharps outsmarted by an Oriental named Ah Sin.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

A self-aggrandizing, Van Dyckian self-portrait and a luxurious Rubens-Venetian style allegory, "The Triumph of Peace," both from the early 1650s, are stunning -- all mobile bodies, shimmering fabrics, and delectable paint handling; still, it's hard to realize that these Grand Manner showpieces are by the man who painted that silvery, introspective Job or those bawdy cardsharps three decades earlier.

An Engaging Museum Show 2008

Some of them were expert crocheters, crossword puzzlers, or cardsharps, but none of them—not one—exuded sexual magnetism.

The Mother Garden Robin Romm 2007

Some of them were expert crocheters, crossword puzzlers, or cardsharps, but none of them—not one—exuded sexual magnetism.

The Mother Garden Robin Romm 2007