Mobsman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mobsman is a noun meaning (obsolete) A pickpocket working in groups.
Meaning
(obsolete) A pickpocket working in groups.
Example Sentences
It is doubtful if the Victorian Londoner needed any warning, for the artful mobsmen, toolers, whizzers and dippers, together with their stickman accomplices, were everywhere in the crowds, in the underground, on railway trains […]
Word Forms
- mobsmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include swell, mobber, swell-mobsman, muzzler, stickman, diver.
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