Sharkette

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An exploitative woman. informal, slang

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From shark (“someone who exploits others”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents).

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