cardsharper

Example Sentences

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This man, a low fellow, probably a professional cardsharper, vowed that he had been robbed of a jewel which his host had staked, and it was said that a ring of great value had disappeared.

From Uncanny Tales by Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa

Lovel knew him for one Bedloe, a led-captain and cardsharper, whom he had himself employed on occasion.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

He was probably engaged to be married or else a cardsharper.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance

"That is N. N., the famous Tula cardsharper who was had up in connection with the Y. bank affair."

From The Schoolmistress, and other stories by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

Shapkin the attorney managed my divorce for me, the rascal . . . the notorious cardsharper, the fellow who got a thrashing at the club.

From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance