yegg (noun)

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• yegg|man — «YEHG muhn», noun, plural men. = yegg. (Cf. ↑yegg) …   Useful english dictionary

• yegg — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1903 safecracker; also robber …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• yegg — noun a person who breaks open safes, a burglar. Usages Syn: safecracker, yeggman …   Wiktionary

• yegg — noun N. Amer. informal a burglar or safe breaker. Origin early 20th cent.: of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

• yegg — /jɛg/ (say yeg) noun US Colloquial 1. a burglar, especially a petty one. 2. a thug. Also, yeggman. {origin obscure; ? variant of yekk beggar, a term once popular in California Chinatowns} …  

• yeggman — noun see yegg * * * /yeg meuhn/, n., pl. yeggmen. yegg. [1900 05, Amer.; appar. YEGG + MAN, though the appearance of yegg as an independent word is later] …   Useful english dictionary

• yeggman — noun a person who breaks open safes, a burglar : a yegg. Syn: safecracker, yegg …   Wiktionary

• safecracker — noun One who breaks into safes, who practices safecracking. Syn: yegg, yeggman …   Wiktionary

• burglar — noun the burglar escaped through the bedroom window Syn: robber, housebreaker, cat burglar, thief, raider, looter, safecracker, intruder, prowler; informal second story man, yegg …   Thesaurus of popular words

• robber — noun the robbers fled the scene in a blue Camaro Syn: burglar, thief, housebreaker, mugger, shoplifter, purse snatcher; stealer, pilferer, raider, looter, plunderer, pillager; bandit; pirate; informal crook, yegg, second story man; literary… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• thug — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cutthroat, assassin, killer; ruffian, hooligan, tough, hoodlum, mugger, hood (sl.), goon (sl.), yegg (sl.), torpedo (sl.), gorilla (sl.). See evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gunman, gangster,… …   English dictionary for students