sharkette

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Etymology[edit]

shark +‎ -ette

Noun[edit]

sharkette (plural sharkettes)

  1. (informal) A female shark (exploitative person).
    • 1995 Anne Marie Duquette, Finding Father page 32
      Cass's lips curved in a full - fledged grin this time. Maybe Mercedes's little sharkette had some plain ordinary child in her, after all.
    • 2011 Robert Ward, The King of Cards page 175
      A sharp-eyed, flinty-voiced business sharkette.
    • 2017 Bill Roorbach, The Girl of the Lake: Stories page 128
      Lorraine Lemoile, cat-eyed sharkette, always with eyes for Ducky.
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