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BobHale
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http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com...news-card-shark.html

I've always used card sharp.

How about you. Sharp or shark?


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I've always used card sharp and had never seen the other. The OED suggests that the term is originally US and from card-sharper.


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The Game Show Network often presents old replays of this program, from the '70s.
 
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I've seen both variants used. I'd probably use card sharp myself.

As might be expected, Wikipedia has an article.


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I've always used card shark. I don't remember hearing card sharp. I probably have and just heard it as card shark. I noticed the Wikipedia article included another variant: card snark.
 
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