Sharpie

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {scammer},
           {grifter}, {sharper}, {sharpy}]
       3: a long narrow shallow-draft boat with a flat bottom and a
          triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic
          coast of the United States