Usually means: Sophisticated gang of skilled pickpockets.
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  1. swell mob: Merriam-Webster
  2. swell-mob, swell mob: Wordnik
  3. swell mob: Wiktionary
  4. Swell mob: Dictionary.com
  5. Swell Mob: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. swell mob: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Swell mob: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. swell mob: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  (archaic, slang) Well-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.

Similar:
swell-mobsman, mobsman, towzery gang, swag, swagsman, swellhead, upright man, swill-tub, spiff, plebs, more...

Opposite:
respectable crowd, high society, upper class

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Similar:
swell-mobsman, mobsman, towzery gang, swag, swagsman, swellhead, upright man, swill-tub, spiff, plebs, more...

Opposite:
respectable crowd, high society, upper class



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