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safecracker

English

Alternative forms

  • safe-cracker

Etymology

safe +? cracker

Noun

safecracker (plural safecrackers)

  1. One who breaks into safes.

Synonyms

  • yegg, yeggman, safebreaker, peteman, jug-heavy

Related terms

  • safecracking

Translations

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yegg

English

Alternative forms

  • yeg

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /j??/

Noun

yegg (plural yeggs)

  1. (cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
    • 1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars
    • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 265:
      ‘These racketeers are a new type. We think about them the way we think about old time yeggs or needled-up punks.’

Synonyms

  • safecracker, yeggman

Translations

References

  • yegg at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • eggy

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