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#1 2009-09-17 08:08:55

Azure-rumped Tanager
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Card sharp v card shark

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?

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#2 2009-09-17 15:55:35

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Re: Card sharp v card shark

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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#3 2009-09-17 19:42:28

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Re: Card sharp v card shark

Also see Pat’s 2005 post (#682 at http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/contribute/)


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