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▪ I. † ˈsharker1 Obs.
Also 7 sharkor.
[f. shark v.1 + -er1.
Some early examples suggest the possibility of a confusion with Du. schaker robber.]
One who ‘sharks’ or lives by cheating and dishonesty; a cheat, thief, swindler.
1594Nashe Terrors of Nt. Wks. 1904 I. 379 Next a companie of lusty sailers (euerie one a sharker or a swaggerer at the least). 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1127 His baggage..was assailed and taken by the Haiducks and such other sharkers enured to prey. 1616T. Scot Philomythie i. (ed. 2) A 8, And passing Smithfield..The owle-eyd Sharkers spied him. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 168 To kicke them, as we use to doe with discovered Cheators, and Sharkors, as meere deluders, and Impostors. 1663Recr. for Ingen. Head-pieces A 5, Epigrams..12. Of Shift the Sharker. 1672Reliq. Wotton Life, etc. f 1, A hungry Renegado, a dirty Sharker about the Romish Court.
▪ II. sharker2|ˈʃɑːkə(r)|
[f. shark n.1 or v.3 + -er1.]
One who fishes for sharks.
1885C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 182 The sharkers had not been idle. |