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  • noun Plural form of magsman.

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Examples

  • Vhy the peelers don't chivvy these damned magsmen an 'cly-fakers - vhy, a gent like you ain't safe; they'll' ave the teeth out yore 'ead,' less you looks sharp.

    Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

  • "Isn't that rather a quick recovery for swell magsmen, or whatever we were a minute ago?"

    Mr. Justice Raffles 1893

  • "You're cracksmen, magsmen, mobsmen, the two of you; so you may as well both own up to it."

    Mr. Justice Raffles 1893

  • a bout of quiet scientific boxing, and none of these beastly rushes, as if you were singling me out of a crowd of magsmen.

    Rhoda Fleming — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • a bout of quiet scientific boxing, and none of these beastly rushes, as if you were singling me out of a crowd of magsmen.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • a bout of quiet scientific boxing, and none of these beastly rushes, as if you were singling me out of a crowd of magsmen.

    Rhoda Fleming — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

  • Mind, if he’d set ’imself up with a bunch of smashers and grabbers or job-buyers or magsmen or any of that lot, I’d of spoke up very strong against.

    Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972

  • For, "rubbing his hands," a properer lot of cutthroats and bad magsmen, it has never been my privilege to escort across the equator; and this is my sixth trip to Australia! "

    Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham

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