sharkette

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English

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Etymology

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From shark +‎ -ette.

Noun

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sharkette (plural sharkettes)

  1. (informal, slang) an exploitative woman.
    • 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.