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Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..

Harper :: Harper (n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland..

Bite :: Bite (v.) A sharper; one who cheats.

Cogger :: Cogger (n.) A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.

Rook :: Rook (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper..

Minstrel :: Minstrel (n.) In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician..

Foist :: Foist (n.) A foister; a sharper.

Sharper :: Sharper (n.) A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester..

Gue :: Gue (n.) A sharper; a rogue.

Biter :: Biter (n.) One who cheats; a sharper.

Sharp :: Sharp (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Harpress :: Harpress (n.) A female harper.

Picaroon :: Picaroon (n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper..

Cony-catcher :: Cony-catcher (n.) A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver.

Pigeon :: Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull.

Pickpenny :: Pickpenny (n.) A miser; also, a sharper..

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Super :: Super- () A prefix formerly much used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and Per-..

Harper :: Harper (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.

Shark :: Shark (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper..

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