Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A street swindler who preys on countrymen and simple persons.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
con man who tries to deceive members of thepublic .
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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.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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He spoke in the dialect of the pick-purse and magsman.
Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham
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He knows every rook and welsher and every swell magsman, and all their haunts and habits.
Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham
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"As true as that you are the greatest magsman on the earth, he told me so."
Mysteries of Paris, V3 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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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.
Reprinted Pieces 2007
qms commented on the word magsman
Though comics and internet wags can
Make fun of faux hair and his gag tan,
Suspicion still lingers
That such tiny fingers
Are marks of the natural magsman.
September 30, 2016