different between foister vs hoister

English

foist +? -er

foister (plural foisters)

hoist +? -er

hoister (plural hoisters)

One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
(Britain, slang) A thief.
- 1931, The Police Journal (volume 4, page 504)
  In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]
- 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime? (page 92)
  Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

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