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sharpie

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑɹpi/

The English word “sharpie” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An alert person.
  2. A knowledgeable fisherman.
  3. A swindler.
  4. A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.
  5. A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.
  6. A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.

Etymology

From sharp + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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