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sharpie

noun

Meaning

  1. Accipiter striatus, the smallest hawk to reside in USA and Canada, which preys on songbirds.
  2. An alert person.
  3. A knowledgeable fisherman.
  4. A swindler.
  5. A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
  6. A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
  7. A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

eager beaver(English)busy bee(English)swindler(English)sharper(English)gouger(English)live wire(English)chiseller(English)chiseler(English)culebra(English)speedway(English)bristol(English)marker(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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