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(archaic, thieves' cant) A pickpocket specialising in bandanas and handkerchiefs.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Synonym of Abraham man
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(archaic, UK, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
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(idiomatic, obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) An Anabaptist.
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(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant) Pickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A parson.
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Alternative spelling of autem cove [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A married man.]
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(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
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(BDSM) A gag with a rubber or silicone sphere that is strapped into the mouth behind the teeth.
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(UK, slang) A trainspotter.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Tongue.
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(UK, informal, law enforcement) A corrupt police officer.
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(UK, slang, archaic) A fraudulent bookmaker.
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(slang, UK, Liverpudlian, derogatory) A police officer.
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Alternative spelling of boodle [(slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.]
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(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
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(US, military, slang) Somebody who has spent time in the brig; an offender in the military.
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(UK, slang) A cardsharp.
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(transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) The school prank of stealing provisions from the housekeeper's larder.
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(slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
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(archaic) A hawker or peddler.
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(slang, obsolete) A teacher of dancing.
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(UK, Ireland, slang) A scheming opportunist.
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(slang) A police officer, especially one who is corrupt.
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A rat; an informer who betrays colleagues.
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Alternative form of chimney sweep [A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.]
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A hawker of cutlery in the streets.
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(law enforcement slang) Nickname for a person, especially a suspect or criminal.
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(Britain, dated, informal, thieves' cant) A fellow; a man.
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(slang, dated) A policeman.
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(Britain, colloquial) A man who concocts or massively exaggerates a military service record for himself, usually claiming membership of the special forces.
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Alternative spelling of degen [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Sword.]
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A rascal; a dishonest person; a man belonging to a criminal gang.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The night.
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Alternative spelling of degen [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Sword.]
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Sword.
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(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) The countryside.
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(slang, Britain, originally Manchester, countable) A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A gentleman.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.
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Alternative form of dimber damber [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants.]
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(slang, obsolete) pickpocket
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(Australia, UK, derogatory) One who dobs (informs against or implicates to authority).
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Alternative form of dog robber [(obsolete, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one who steals scraps of food.]
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A lock.
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Alternative form of dubber (a kind of bottle) [One who dubs, or gives a name.]
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A thief who frequents theaters.
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(archaic, costermongers) The police.
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(slang, derogatory) An FBI agent.
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(thieves' cant, obsolete) A thief.
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(thieves' cant, obsolete) To be wily and cautious.
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(Australia, slang, dated) A police informer, a stool pigeon, someone employed by police to entrap someone else or provoke them to commit a crime.
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(British Army military slang) A disciplinary charge.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A chimney sweep.
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(UK) One who is employed to clean the tracks in the tunnels of the London Underground.
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Alternative form of gaberlunzie [(Scotland, historical) A licensed beggar.]
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Mouth.
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Alternative spelling of gandy dancer [(chiefly US, idiomatic) A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.]
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(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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(slang) A stolen car, especially if stolen by gang members.
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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Alternative spelling of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A gentleman.
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(UK, military, slang) Any item that is stolen, appropriated, or acquired cheaply or for free; loot; swag.
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(obsolete, thieves' cant) fire
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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Alternative form of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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(dated) Alternative spelling of ganef [(slang, derogatory) A thief; a rascal or scoundrel.]
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(archaic, thieves' cant) The stealing of linen hanging on a line.
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(Britain, slang) A grass; an informer.
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(obsolete, thieves' cant) A policeman.
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(obsolete, thieves' cant) A policeman.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A thug, bully or pimp inhabiting the London neighbourhood of Leicester Square and the Haymarket.
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(obsolete, dialectal) Peddling or roundabout; like a huckster.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A door.
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(dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
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(slang, UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A man who robs children.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) The robbing of children.
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(UK, archaic) A robber who preys on churches.
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(derogatory) A person who "swings the lead"
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(informal) Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
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(obsolete) A thief who steals by means of a hook.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A house.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A street peddler.
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(obsolete, thieves' cant) The body.
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(UK, obsolete) A chimney sweep who goes door to door looking for work.
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(Britain, slang) A scoundrel.
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(UK, slang) A police officer.
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(informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.
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(obsolete) A highwayman.
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(dated, slang) highwayman
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(US, slang, dated) A bouncer.
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(slang, Britain, archaic) A London policeman (of the Victorian era).
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(UK, historical) An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
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(slang, obsolete) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
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(slang, Scotland) A handcuff.
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(Britain) A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen goods.
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(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A house that will receive stolen goods
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(Cockney rhyming slang) A thief.
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(obsolete) One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practise tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
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(historical) The slang used by thieves among themselves.
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(UK, slang, derogatory) A police officer.
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(chiefly historical) A scavenger of valuables lost in the sewers, particularly those of London during the Victorian Age.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A group of swindlers who set up fraudulent auctions with shill bidders.
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(UK derogatory slang) A police officer.
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(idiomatic) A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.
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(UK, slang) A pickpocket.
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(archaic, thieves' slang) A pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
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Alternative form of yegg [(cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.]
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A juvenile thief.
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