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sharpie|ˈʃɑːpɪ|
[app. f. sharp a.]
1. = sharp n.1 11. (See quots.) U.S.
1860Diary 10 Dec. in Outing (1913) Mar. 688/2, I took some of the skiffs and sharpies behind the Emma S...and we went down to Whig inlet. 1864Webster, Sharpie, a long, sharp, flat-bottomed sailboat. (Local U.S.) 1876Goode Classif. Collect. Anim. Resources U.S. 43 Dorys, sharpies, and dingies. 1882H. Hall Ref. Ship-build. Industry U.S. (1884) 22 A large fleet of small flat-bottomed fishing boats are employed, called ‘sharpies’, which have a family resemblance to the dory.
attrib.1886Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 1 Sept. 1/8 Orders for five sharpie yachts. 1895Outing XXX. 488/1 A balancelug sail,..subsequently replaced by a sharpie sail and jib.
2. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
a. = sharper1 2;
b. = sharp n.1 8 b.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §461 Clever Crook,..sharper, sharpie, sharpshooter, slicker. Ibid. §637 Sports predictor,..dopester, sharp, sharpie. 1944Chicago Daily News 4 Nov. 6/1 Central characters of both plays are engaging highbinders and sharpies who are not exactly thieves, but more than slightly overoptimistic in their use of..other people's money. 1949W. R. Burnett Asphalt Jungle xiv. 92 He..couldn't make up his mind whether he'd been a chump or a sharpie. 1964S. Bellow Herzog 3 He had chosen to be dreamy..and the sharpies cleaned him out. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 3 May 465/4 The same wise⁓cracking, classless sharpie..can make throwaway remarks about Ingrid Haebler in his own tatty old flat. 1979T. Gifford Hollywood Gothic vi. 71, I had drunks..directors, producers, New York sharpies of every kind.
3. Austral. colloq. A young person who adopts certain extreme or provocative styles of hair, dress, etc. (see quot. 1975); the Australian counterpart of the skinhead.
1965W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags 202 The more a sharpie protested he was not a bodgie, the more they [sc. the police] laughed and belted him. 1972Sydney Morning Herald 20 Jan. 2 It was alleged in evidence that Still died during an incident involving ‘sharpies’ and ‘long⁓hairs’ outside Greystanes Progress Hall. 1975Sun-Herald (Sydney) 13 Apr. 7 A sharpie is usually aged between 14 and 19 years. The boys wear their hair cropped short on the top and sides and longer at the back. The girls often wear ‘dolly’ makeup and have their ears pierced. Tattoos are often worn by both sexes. The sharpies wear blue jeans or high-waisted slacks supported by old-fashioned braces, matched with a tee shirt and sometimes a woollen cardigan. 1977Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 21 Aug. 37/3 Carmel says her mother accepted her being a sharpie—even a punk—till she shaved her hair off.
4. N. Amer. colloq. That which is smart or in good condition. Used esp. of cars. Cf. sharp a. 7 a, c; sharp n.1 13.
1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 47/7 (Advt.), Chevrolet Malibu 2-door hardtop, fully equipped, a real sharpie. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen (Advt. Suppl.) 28 Apr. 17/1 Starter home..carpeting, drapes and remodeled kitchen. Call..to see this little sharpie.
5. attrib. or as adj. in above senses.
1961W. Brown Bedeviled 19 He was a tall, slender youth with the sharpie clothes and the long sideburns of the juvenile delinquent. 1975Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 13 Apr. 30/1 Police will mount an all-out campaign against Sydney's sharpie gangs. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Nov. 1270/4 Higgins..tells his latest story from the point of view of a hustling Irish-American sharpy lawyer. |