sharpie
/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pi/
Etymology
From sharp + -ie.
sharpie means A brand of pointed permanent markers used primarily for labeling items in boldface, signing autographs, etc. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
sharpie is pronounced /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pi/.
name
- A brand of pointed permanent markers used primarily for labeling items in boldface, signing autographs, etc.
noun
- An alert person.“Eunice Marshall asked in a bored tone, "Are you, by any chance, selling magazines?"
Daisy grinned childishly, enjoying Eunice's mistake. "You're quite a sharpie, aren't you, ma'am? You figured me out a whole lot faster than most people do."”
- A knowledgeable fisherman.“1976 December, Ken Schultz, Field & Stream Fishing Contest Winners: Nothing but the Best, Field & Stream, page 78,
Eventually DeBlasio became a sharpie.
In New York and New Jersey coastal fishing parlance a “sharpie” is one who fishes seven days a week all summer long, selling his fish to the market to make a living. Sharpies supposedly have fishing down to a science, to such a degree that they on”
- A swindler.“Three booths down a couple of sharpies were selling each other pieces of Twentieth Century Fox, using double arm gestures instead of money.”
- A long, narrow fishing boat used in shallow waters.“He brought this pair of sharpies, the Lucia and the Ella, to Beaufort by schooner and began to use them for fishing, oyster dredging, and even as a passenger ferry and party boat.
The sharpie is a flat-bottomed, shallow-draft vessel of moderate size, comparable to a sloop or schooner.”
- A member of a violent, fashionably dressed youth gang of the 1960s and 1970s.“The Circle Ballroom in High Street Preston was another popular sharpie hang-out.[…]Sharpies were all deep drinkers.”
- A Sharpie or other brand of felt-tipped marker pen.