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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sharpie \Sharp"ie\, n. (Naut.)
A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts
carrying a triangular sail. They are often called {Fair Haven
sharpies}, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where
they originated. [Local, U.S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sharpie
n 1: an alert and energetic person [syn: {eager beaver}, {busy
bee}, {live wire}, {sharpy}]
2: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
[syn: {swindler}, {chiseller}, {chiseler}, {gouger}, {sharper},
{sharpy}]
3: a long narrow shallow-draft boat with a flat bottom and a
triangular sail; formerly used along the N Atlantic coast
of the US
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