📖 Definitions of "Yegg"
noun
- 1
A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
"1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Yegg"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| burglarnoun | A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing theft. |
| safecrackernoun | One who breaks into safes. |
| petermannoun | A fisherman. |
| yeggmannoun | (cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes, a burglar; a yegg. |
| geachnoun | (thieves' cant, obsolete) A thief. |
| bad eggnoun | (British, US, idiomatic) Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue. |
| homebreakernoun | (slang, derogatory) Synonym of home wrecker. |
| jug-heavynoun | (US, slang) A safecracker. |
| cracksmannoun | (archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker. |
| shopbreakernoun | One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent. |
| jimmynoun | A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name. |
| burglareenoun | (rare, nonstandard) One who is burgled. |
| oysternoun | Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. |
| egg in one's beernoun | (US) A bonus. |
| burglarernoun | (obsolete) A burglar. |
| burglarizernoun | (rare) Synonym of burglar. |
| glommernoun | (informal) A person who steals. |
| gin jockeynoun | (Australia, slang) Synonym of gin burglar. |
| yaggernoun | (Scotland, archaic) A peddler or vagrant. |
| geebagnoun | (Ireland, slang) An irritating or obnoxious person. |
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