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Noun: card shark
  1. A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
    - cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpie [informal], sharpy [informal]

Derived forms: card sharks

Type of: card player, chiseler [US, informal], chiseller [Brit, Cdn, informal], defrauder, gouger [N. Amer, informal], grifter [N. Amer, informal], scammer, swindler

Encyclopedia: Card shark