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).

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