Still Earlier Citation for "Card Shark"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> 1903 _National Police Gazette_ 20 June 6  In his eager, alert mind there
> still dwells every secret known to the card shark.

And here's a still earlier example (thanks for pointing out this resource,
Barry):

1899 _Brooklyn Daily Eagle_ 29 Jan. 17  An authority on this game [society
calls], who modestly denies that she is "something of a 'card shark'
herself."

Fred Shapiro


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