yegg

[ yeg ]

/ yɛg /

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noun Older Slang.

a safecracker.

an itinerant burglar.

thug (def. 1).

Origin of yegg

First recorded in 1925–30, Americanism; of obscure origin; the proposals that the word is from German Jäger “hunter” or that it is the surname of a well-known safecracker are both very dubious

Words nearby yegg

Yeats, William Butler, yebo, yech, yechy, yeddo hawthorn, yegg, yeggman, Yeisk, Ye Jianying, Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinodar

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Example sentences from the Web for yegg

He duly canvassed every likely dive, every "melina," every gambling house and yegg hang out.
Never-Fail Blake|Arthur Stringer
A jeweler by trade, he fell from his high estate and went on the road as a yegg.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!|Meredith Nicholson
And look here: don't you get the notion in your bean I'm just some little old two-by-four guy of a yegg or some poor nut of a dip.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man|Marie Conway Oemler
Joe caught Boston Frank's eye and forthwith pushed himself alongside the yegg.
The Trail of the Tramp|A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)

He duly canvassed every likely dive, every “melina,” every gambling house and yegg hang out.
The Shadow|Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for yegg

yegg

/ (jɛɡ) /

noun

slang, mainly US a burglar or safe-breaker

Word Origin for yegg

C20: perhaps from the surname of a burglar

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单词	yegg
释义	yegg [ yeg ] / yɛg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR yegg ON THESAURUS.COM noun Older Slang. a safecracker. an itinerant burglar. thug (def. 1). Origin of yegg First recorded in 1925–30, Americanism; of obscure origin; the proposals that the word is from German Jäger “hunter” or that it is the surname of a well-known safecracker are both very dubious Words nearby yegg Yeats, William Butler, yebo, yech, yechy, yeddo hawthorn, yegg, yeggman, Yeisk, Ye Jianying, Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinodar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yegg He duly canvassed every likely dive, every "melina," every gambling house and yegg hang out. Never-Fail Blake\|Arthur Stringer A jeweler by trade, he fell from his high estate and went on the road as a yegg. Blacksheep! Blacksheep!\|Meredith Nicholson And look here: don't you get the notion in your bean I'm just some little old two-by-four guy of a yegg or some poor nut of a dip. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man\|Marie Conway Oemler Joe caught Boston Frank's eye and forthwith pushed himself alongside the yegg. The Trail of the Tramp\|A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston) He duly canvassed every likely dive, every “melina,” every gambling house and yegg hang out. The Shadow\|Arthur Stringer British Dictionary definitions for yegg yegg / (jɛɡ) / noun slang, mainly US a burglar or safe-breaker Word Origin for yegg C20: perhaps from the surname of a burglar Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to yegg second-story man, cracksman, housebreaker
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yegg

noun Older Slang.

Origin of yegg

Words nearby yegg

Example sentences from the Web for yegg

British Dictionary definitions for yegg

noun

Word Origin for yegg

Words related to yegg