Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who lives by sharking; an artful swindler or adventurer; a sharper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who lives by sharking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic One who lives by
trickery ; aconman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With luck, "sharker" will become the new buzzword meaning an actor who gets waaay too involved with the show's writing "Man, Alan alda went waaay too sharker on MASH."
Guitar Friday: Phoning it in. Michael Alan Nelson 2009
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Second half seems to use original material including the decision of closing down the nursery, which irked me a bit since Sayaka actually liked that loan sharker all along … and yeah … The last two episodes screams Clannad and then a few years passed and stuff … Overall, the ending redeemed itself to be at least a good story, but with a good number of flaws.
Anime Nano! 2010
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The two chambers of the sharker are designed with different lids so you can tell whether it is the salt or pepper compartment even in the dark.
ShoppingBlog.com 2010
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The two chambers of the sharker are designed with different lids so you can tell whether it is the salt or pepper compartment even in the dark.
ShoppingBlog.com 2010
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