sharking

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SH'ARKING, participle present tense Picking up in haste; living by petty rapine, or by shifts and devices. SH'ARKING, noun 1. Petty rapine; trick. 2. The seeking of a livelihood by shifts and devices.
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