How To Use cardsharp In A Sentence
- There is, however, an expedient familiar to conjurers as "changing a card," which, with a little modification, is extensively used by the cardsharping fraternity under the name of "second dealing. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4
- She was not liked in the province; there had been a fearful outcry at her marriage with Odintsov, all sorts of fictions were told about her; it was asserted that she had helped her father in his cardsharping tricks, and even that she had gone abroad for excellent reasons, that it had been necessary to conceal the lamentable consequences Chapter XV
- After Lloyd sent the cardsharp, she had set up a floating poker game, and then sent Bob to Homer. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
- He began to expose cardsharping techniques, writing bylined newspaper articles exposing mechanical devices that literally secreted cards up the sleeves of the crooked card player, and spending hours demonstrating for reporters the secrets behind the three-card monte hustle. The Secret Life of Houdini
- After a few drinks Goldberger began, with some hesitation, to narrate how he had had a quarrel over his best girl with a professional "cardsharp," who had hit him in the jaw. The Jungle
- Lorena, a cardsharp who chooses love over glamour and money. Amy Bloom explains how a long night of dictation to a former student, plus a bottle of wine, led to the creation of Away, an epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent and accidental heroine.
- In any case, he was not a cardsharper, a swindler, a professional medium, or a spy. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life
- He didn't have the strength to fight with his fists, the speed to fight with a gun, or the greed to be a good cardsharp. ONLY YOU
- He was probably engaged to be married or else a cardsharper. Letters of Anton Chekhov
- He didn't have the strength to fight with his fists, the speed to fight with a gun, or the greed to be a good cardsharp. ONLY YOU
