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It was a sharp's goloss, a youngish devotchka by her sound, so I said in a very refined manner of speech, a real gentleman's goloss:

Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

If those officials had lost their citizens 'money after taking it to a casino and betting it on a card sharp's claimed system for playing blackjack, you would not have portrayed them so sympathetically.

That Was Hardly Careful Investing 2008

"That's right, sharp's the word and quick's the motion; so we'd better be off," said the old sailor, taking his hat and stick which the housemaid, Sarah aforesaid, brought in from the hall.

Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene

I do something in that way myself - perhaps a good deal - perhaps a little - sharp's the word, my dear boy - never mind! '

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

"So I'll trouble you for your purse an 'also your ticker -- an' sharp's the word!"

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

Then, turning towards the Bagman: "Drive on, fat-face!" said he, "and sharp's the word."

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

"Gentleman's walise for the boot, Valter; and sharp's the vord!"

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

"We don't need to look to our fourpences so sharp's all that," said Beale.

Harding's Luck Edith 1909

I expect he was a little too fond of money, may be; but I've knowed others just as sharp's the old cap'n that didn't seem to have his luck.

In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892

"Quick's the word and sharp's the action!" cried Mollie cheerily.

The Fortunes of the Farrells George de Horne Vaizey 1887