magsman
Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun A con man who tries to deceive members of the public.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A street swindler who preys on countrymen and simple persons.
Examples
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I wondered if perhaps Solomon was some swell magsman trying to diddle the old rascal of a few thou.; some hopes, if he was.
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He spoke in the dialect of the pick-purse and magsman.
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He knows every rook and welsher and every swell magsman, and all their haunts and habits.
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As true as that you are the greatest magsman on the earth, he told me so.
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‘Tally-ho Thompson,’ says Sergeant Witchem, after merely wetting his lips with his brandy-and-water, ‘Tally-ho Thompson was a famous horse-stealer, couper, and magsman.
Note
The 'mag-' of the word 'magsman' may come from 'magpie'.
