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noun
A hustler who disrupts a game for his own advantage, such as by feigning incompetence to attract bets, or by harassing opponents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports
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History
Used in the title of a 1915 film. Perhaps related to cardshark, which is in turn likely a variant of cardsharp; the hyphenated phrase billiard-sharp appears in The Mikado in 1885, suggesting that perhaps both terms evolved from sharp to shark in tandem.
