sharkette

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.