SHARPIE


Meaning of SHARPIE in English

■ noun ( plural ~s )

1》 a sharp-prowed, flat-bottomed New England sailing boat, with one or two masts each with a triangular sail.

2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a dishonest and cunning person.

3》 Austral. informal (in the 1960s and 1970s) a young person resembling a skinhead.

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