ceàrrach

ceàrrach
a gamester, Irish cearrbhach, a gamester, dexterous gambler. Cf. Gaelic ceàrrbhag, cearrag, the left-hand, the use of which was considered in plays of chance as "sinister".

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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