What's the difference between charpie and sharpie?
Charpie
Definition:
(n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
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Sharpie
Definition:
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The opening scenes, which show Laybourne fresh in London, more than a little green and suddenly in the midst of metropolitan sharpies and shysters, have an authentic whiff of the Dickensian about them.
(2) It's bad news for Sharpie sales, but social media is now at the heart, or the end, of all these exchanges.
(3) The titre of antibodies sharpy decreased by month 3 and was normalized by months 6-12 after Fasigyn treatment.
(4) Trump would also return a magazine mock-up with scribbled suggestions on most pages – no longer in robin’s egg blue, but black sharpie marker.
(5) This term was preferred over (bone-like material) because of the striking similarity between the arrangement of collagen in this layer and that of cemental Sharpy's fibers.
(6) In ascending order of importance: things to play with (magnets, puzzles, paper clips, a lump of clay) things to write with (stacks of legal pads and index cards, a pretzel jar filled with pens and Sharpies), things to eat (candy and snacks of every description).