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▪ I. sharper1|ˈʃɑːpə(r)|
[f. sharp v. + -er1.]
1. One who or something which ‘sharps’ or sharpens.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 42 The Latine worde [sc. fæniculum: cf. It. finocchio] signifieth, that it should be sharper of the eiesight. 1611Florio, Aguzzatore, a grinder..of any weapon. Also a sharper. a1891Elect. Rev. (Amer.) XV. vii. 10 (Cent.) Upright drills, milling machines, sharpers, etc.
2. A cheat, swindler, rogue; one who lives by his wits and by taking advantage of the simplicity of others; esp. a fraudulent gamester. Cf. shark n.2
1681Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 99 Many of them sharpers about town. 1709Prior Cupid & Ganymede 45 A Sharper, that with Box and Dice Draws in young Deities to Vice. 1742Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Montagu 22 Mar. (1893) II. 102, I hear he [sc. her son] avoided coming near the sharpers, and is grown a good manager of his money. 1819Scott Let. in Lockhart (1837) IV. ix. 301 The resort of black-legs and sharpers. 1894Maskelyne Sharps & Flats iv. 72 [He] falls an easy prey to the sharper.
†3. (See quot.) Obs.
1768Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 334 A bird, acquainted with the nets, is by the birdcatchers termed a sharper.
4. attrib. and Comb. (sense 2).
1822Byron Vis. Judgm. xciv, With a hook nose and a hawk's eye, which gave A smart and sharper-looking sort of grace. 1842Mrs. Gore Fascination 22 Where is your master, pray?—Your sharper marquis.
▪ II. ˈsharper2 U.S.
[f. sharp a. + -er1.]
An oyster having the end of the shell unusually sharp.
1881Ingersoll Oyster-Industr. (Hist. Fish. Industr. U.S.) 248 Sharpers, elongated, protruding, sharp-ended oysters, dangerous to the feet in moving about the reefs (Gulf coast). 1887Goode, etc. Fish. Industr. U.S. v. II. 548. |