Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tramp burglar and safe-breaker.
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- noun cant, slang a person who breaks open safes, a burglar : a
yegg .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was determined now that the fellow should have a lesson indeed; so while he held him at arm's length with one hand, he pummeled him with the other until his face was a mass of bruises; and then, when the yeggman was in a condition bordering upon insensibility, Nick raised him bodily from his feet, and holding him in his arms, ran with him down along the path toward the water.
A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Nicholas Carter
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Before the yeggman could make reply the girl spoke up quickly.
The Oakdale Affair 1918
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I always wanted to be a brakie, and then a yeggman.
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
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They were not very easily converted into cash by any of them and as they all believed I was really a yeggman they finally let me into their secrets. ''
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Soapy, among other accomplishments, was a yeggman renowned in the profession, and very soon the heavy door swung softly back, and Soapy became lost in study.
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Before the yeggman could make reply the girl spoke up quickly.
The Oakdale Affair Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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He had scarcely got as far as describing the work of the suspected hired yeggman, when
The Poisoned Pen 1908
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She must have put them somewhere before she got the yeggman to break the safe.
The Poisoned Pen 1908
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From the comparatively quiet life of a not markedly industrious yeggman Brown came out of the upper floor of a State
Marching Men Sherwood Anderson 1908
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He must have been above the average, but everything points to the work of a yeggman.
The Poisoned Pen 1908
hernesheir commented on the word yeggman
(Slang) (n): formerly used to refer to a criminal or vagrant, but especially a burglar. Also yegg.
January 11, 2009
bilby commented on the word yeggman
coo coo cajoob
April 12, 2011
qms commented on the word yeggman
There once was a fellow named Stegman
Who worked as a butter and egg man,
But having grown chary
Of chickens and dairy
Embarked on a life as a yeggman.
July 28, 2018