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- noun Plural form of
sharper .
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Examples
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But all I heard was the word 'sharpers' -- and I left my guardian, whose functions had ceased now, in high displeasure at his unworthy imputations.
Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee John Esten Cooke 1858
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Lady Hardy turned away; the abashed knight repented having married a quality wife, and sighed for the freedom of that counting-house, which he had bartered for the privilege of looking like a fool, in the company of titled sharpers and rantipole women of fashion.
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And of the subtle ways of women "sharpers" Dorothy had often heard.
Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays Margaret Penrose
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"How could you call them 'sharpers'?" cried Phyllis.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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A number went, and some lost their bounty-money through "sharpers" lying in wait for them.
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A number went, and some lost their bounty-money through "sharpers" lying in wait for them.
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The "sharpers" in this story differ much from such impostors as the Illiterate Schoolmaster (No. 93, vol.v. pp. 119-121), who escapes from his dilemma by his ready wit, or from European pretenders of the type of
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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¾ “I am now even with her haughty ladyship,” said the ensign, triumphantly lodging her note of hand with his attorney, giving him a strict charge to demand the money the moment he heard of her marriage. — “And in future, Mrs. Leland,” continued he, “I will prove to you, that rank is not of so much consequence in life as these titled sharpers wish to have it believed.
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_positive proofs_ that a gang of confidence men have at different times made it their business to watch for sick and infirm people on the way to our institutions, and divert them into the hands of "sharpers," confidence men and swindlers.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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"sharpers," who represent the baccalaureate degree of every known vice.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874
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