yegg

  • 11yegg — jeg(mÉ™n) n. criminal; burglar; safecracker …

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  • 12yegg — noun N. Amer. informal a burglar or safe breaker. Origin early 20th cent.: of unknown origin …

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  • 13yegg — [[t]yɛg[/t]] n. Slang. cvb sts a safecracker or burglar • Etymology: 1900–05 …

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  • 14yegg — /jɛg/ (say yeg) noun US Colloquial 1. a burglar, especially a petty one. 2. a thug. Also, yeggman. {origin obscure; ? variant of yekk beggar, a term once popular in California Chinatowns} …

  • 15yegg — n. US sl. a travelling burglar or safe breaker. Etymology: 20th c.: perh. a surname …

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  • 16yeggman — yegg·man …

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  • 17yeggman — noun see yegg * * * /yeg meuhn/, n., pl. yeggmen. yegg. [1900 05, Amer.; appar. YEGG + MAN, though the appearance of yegg as an independent word is later] …

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  • 18yeggman — /yeg meuhn/, n., pl. yeggmen. yegg. [1900 05, Amer.; appar. YEGG + MAN, though the appearance of yegg as an independent word is later] * * * …

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  • 19yeggman — noun a person who breaks open safes, a burglar : a yegg. Syn: safecracker, yegg …

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  • 20thug — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cutthroat, assassin, killer; ruffian, hooligan, tough, hoodlum, mugger, hood (sl.), goon (sl.), yegg (sl.), torpedo (sl.), gorilla (sl.). See evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gunman, gangster,… …

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