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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Is a card shark a modern card sharp, or vice versa?
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/card-sharp.html discusses but does not conclude?
Last edited by Azure-rumped Tanager (2009-09-17 08:10:31)
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I think they already gave a conclusion there:
“The latter (card-shark) is the more commonly used of the two synonymous phrases, especially outside the UK, which is one of the few countries to prefer card-sharp.”
In simpler terms, it is known as card-shark around the world, except for a few countries like UK who prefers to use the term card-sharp.
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Also see Pat’s 2005 post (#682 at http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/contribute/)
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