Definition of "cardsharp" [card•sharp]

• An expert in cheating at cards. (noun)

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• "Shane: I wasn't implying that "cardsharp" was wrong, just making the point that "card shark" wasn't."
• "After a few drinks Goldberger began, with some hesitation, to narrate how he had had a quarrel over his best girl with a professional "cardsharp," who had hit him in the jaw."
• "Lorena, a cardsharp who chooses love over glamour and money."