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English Dictionary: Sharpie by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Sharpie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sharpie
n
  1. an alert and energetic person [syn: eager beaver, {busy bee}, live wire, sharpie, sharpy]
  2. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
    Synonym(s): cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, card shark
  3. a pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface
  4. a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sharpie \Sharp"ie\, n. (Naut.)
      A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts
      carrying a triangular sail. They are often called {Fair Haven
      sharpies}, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where
      they originated. [Local, U.S.]
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