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sharpie

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variants: or sharpy

Synonyms of sharpie

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

those poolroom sharpies cleaned them out

Synonyms for sharpie

bilk,
bilker,
cheat,
cheater,
chiseler
(or chiseller),
confidence man,
cozener,
defrauder,
dodger,
fakir,
finagler,
fraudster
[chiefly British],
hoaxer,
scammer,
scamster,
shark,
sharper,
skinner,
swindler,
tricker,
trickster

Words Related to sharpie

double-crosser,
double-dealer

bluffer,
charlatan,
fake,
faker,
humbug,
impostor
(or imposter),
mountebank,
phony
(also phoney),
pretender,
quack,
quacksalver,
ringer,
sham

adventurer,
fox,
gamesman,
knave,
prankster,
rascal,
rogue

fast-talker,
slick,
slicker,
slickster,
slyboots,
smoothy
(or smoothie),
wheeler-dealer

plotter,
schemer,
sneak,
sneaker

blackleg,
cardsharp
(or cardsharper)

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The first known use of sharpie was circa 1859

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