Sharper vs Scarper - What's the difference?
sharper | scarper |
(sharp)
(dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
(British, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.
* 1904 , John Coleman, Fifty years of an actors? life , Volume 1,
* 2001 , Ardal O'Hanlon, Knick Knack Paddy Whack ,
* 2007 , , [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2132043,00.html]
As an adjective sharper
is (sharp).As a noun sharper
is (dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.As a verb scarper is
(british|slang) to run away; to flee; to escape.sharper
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(wikipedia sharper) (en noun)Synonyms
* chiseler * spivAnagrams
*scarper
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(en verb)page 54,
- Out went the lights, as he continued, "That sneak Whiskers have just blown the gaff to old Slow-Coach, and he'll be here in two two's to give you beans — so scarper', laddies — ' scarper ! "
page 7,
- The tramps scarpered', the street-traders pushing prams '''scarpered''', half of Dublin ' scarpered as if they all had something to hide.
- Helm writes: 'As if she were some street criminal, ready to scarper , Ruth's home was swooped upon by [Assistant Commissioner John] Yates's men and she was forced to dress in the presence of a female police officer.