yeggman

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The yeggman, a strongly built slow talking man, looked like a skilled mechanic of a locomotive engineer.

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  1. A tramp burglar and safe-breaker. Detective Sergeants … captured on the Bowery three men who, they say, are among the most successful “yeggmen,” or safe-crackers, in the business. … A “yeggman” is the hardest sort of a rogue to catch, for he is usually shrewd enough to avoid traveling with his fellows or appearing in public places. N. Y. Times, Jan. 2, 1905. Six yeggmen, masked with handkerchiefs, blew open the safe in the Suffield Savings Bank early this morning. N. Y. Tribune, Dec. 18, 1905.

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  • He was a tough customer, too; either a regular tramp or a yeggman; and I guess from his looks he must have been ready for any game, from robbing a bank to stealing a farmer's chickens How about the other?" —  The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain
  • The yeggman, a strongly built slow talking man, looked like a skilled mechanic of a locomotive engineer. —  Marching Men
  • Then from a chest of tools he drew several steel sections that apparently fitted together, and began stuffing the parts into various pockets Here, Walter," he said, "these make me bulge like a yeggman with his outfit under his coat. —  The Ear in the Wall
  • "If you can find out more about this yeggman, so much the better Have you made any progress?" —  The War Terror
  • In return for his inside information about the jewels of the wealthy homes of Bluffwood, the yeggman was to get something of interest and importance to his client The situation called for instant action. —  The War Terror
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