Synonyms for sharper
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shahr-per |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɑr pər |
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Définition of sharper
Origin :- 1560s, "one who makes sharp," agent noun from obsolete verb sharp "to make sharp" (see sharp (adj.)). Meaning "swindler" is from 1680s, probably a variant of sharker (see shark (n.)). Shortened form sharpie is from 1942, also probably involving the "sharply dressed" sense of the adjective.
- noun cheat
- Could one find a sharper contrast than existed between these two?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Gaiety returned to him; his infernal tongue got sharper in these long hours of idleness.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Our hammers ring with sharper din, our work will soon be sped.
- Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
- We'll circumvent the old fellow, unless he's sharper than I think he is.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- Keep a watch below there, and keep a sharper eye on your duty.
- Extract from : « The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade » by Harry Moore
- "I have got a sharper knife," said he, drawing his penknife out of his pocket.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
- With mules it is even worse; the holes they punch are deeper and sharper.
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
- The higher we rise, the sharper will become the prejudice of color.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- The ethical problem could now be stated in a sharper form than before.
- Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
- And then let them settle between them which was the sharper!
- Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
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