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- noun Plural form of
sharpster .
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Examples
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This was the first book dedicated to English slang words, the lingo of sharpsters, shills and vagabonds.
When Sounds Make Sense Alexander Theroux 2010
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His Alexander Bullock, head of the whacky family which takes on William Powell as their butler in “My Man Godfrey” is the only one sane and sensible, and not to be taken in by sycophants and sharpsters.
Eugene Pallette Jacqueline T Lynch 2007
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His Alexander Bullock, head of the whacky family which takes on William Powell as their butler in “My Man Godfrey” is the only one sane and sensible, and not to be taken in by sycophants and sharpsters.
Archive 2007-05-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2007
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Arm sheaths-that was a trick for sophomores and sharpsters!
Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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Arm sheaths-that was a trick for sophomores and sharpsters!
Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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Then did some of these rich sharpsters, who were best gifted in speech, go out to meet their servants, addressing them thus:
Life in a Thousand Worlds William Shuler Harris
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In the U.S., they encounter all manner of typical American specimens, from a Jewish theatrical producer to a couple of sharpsters who've figured out how to use carrier pigeons to corner the stock market to a draper's son who has lovingly amassed a magnificent personal library.
Politics Stefan Beck 2010
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In the U.S., they encounter all manner of typical American specimens, from a Jewish theatrical producer to a couple of sharpsters who've figured out how to use carrier pigeons to corner the stock market to a draper's son who has lovingly amassed a magnificent personal library.
Politics Stefan Beck 2010
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In the U.S., they encounter all manner of typical American specimens, from a Jewish theatrical producer to a couple of sharpsters who've figured out how to use carrier pigeons to corner the stock market to a draper's son who has lovingly amassed a magnificent personal library.
Politics Laura Miller 2010
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The gaming rooms were full of a weird assortment of human beings, German and British spies, male and female, wealthy refugees who had mysteriously managed to get a lot of money out and were throwing it around freely, other refugees who were obviously broke and were trying to win their passage money in a few desperate gambles with the ficklle roulette wheel, and the usual international sharpsters you find at such places.
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