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Sharp practices
- Subject: Sharp practices
- From: "Kevin Berland (Sharon, Pennsylvania)" <BCJ@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 21:00:00 EDT
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- Sender: Rare Books and Special Collections Forum <EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1.BITNET>
SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition
to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with
him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take
all advantages. -- Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811)
Kevin Berland