cardsharp

Example Sentences

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But their plan to create an army of South American cardsharps had a fatal flaw: Neither of them spoke Spanish.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

He lived in his own, strange world populated by hobos, French Canadians, cardsharps, trappers, a pig with a wooden leg, farmers, hooligans, and, for reasons no one will ever understand, Frank Stallone.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022

The phrase echoed his resolve to keep in memory his creative forebears: the illusionists and enchanters, the charlatans and cardsharps, the human cannonballs, armless artists, learned animals and practitioners of ancient acts that still amaze.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021

Father-daughter cardsharps fleece a rich man’s son on a cruise ship.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

He’d learned sleight of hand from the cardsharps and monte runners on East Stave, and spent hours practicing it in front of a muddy mirror he’d bought with his first week’s pay.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo