card shark

card sharks

Definitions of card shark
  1. noun
    a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
    synonyms: card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy
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    type of:
    card player
    someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
    chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
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