Definitions
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- noun A
sportsman who is officially anamateur but who makes money from playing, or who otherwise behaves as aprofessional .
Etymologies
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From sham + amateur.
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Examples
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Luther Fox, a loner, haunted by his past, makes his living as an illegal fisherman -- a shamateur.
Dirt Music: Summary and book reviews of Dirt Music by Tim Winton. 2002
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Henry Grey was the shamateur to end all shamateurs.
Flying Finish Francis, Dick, 1920- 1966
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I had only my salary from Anglia, and what I could earn by being frankly, almost notoriously, a shamateur jockey.
Flying Finish Francis, Dick, 1920- 1966
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