Yegg
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /jɛɡ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yegg is a noun meaning (cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
Meaning
(cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
More Meanings
- (slang) To rob.
Example Sentences
1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars
The bookmakers were yegged as they left the track in the era of the hand-books.
‘These racketeers are a new type. We think about them the way we think about old time yeggs or needled-up punks.’
She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
Word Forms
- yeggs
- yeg
- yegging
- yegged
Synonyms for yegg
Depending on context, synonyms include safecracker, yeggman.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include burglar, safecracker, yeggman, geach, homebreaker, jug-heavy.
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