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coniacker

/ˈkɒnijækɚ/

coniacker noun: a counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.

Noun

coniacker (plural coniackers)

  1. (US, dated) A counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.
    • Among the notables we were shown [was] Biebusch, the coniacker, who was sent up from St. Louis about three months ago for ten years for the making and shoving of the queer.1880, “Penitentiary Points — The "Ledger Man" Interviews the Penitentiary Notables”, in Mexico Weekly Ledger, retrieved 30 May 2023, page 3
    • Twenty-eight men cover this entire country hunting out counterfeits and counterfeiters, devising intricate schemes to catch the coniacker red handed in his infamous work.1891, “The Government Secret Service”, in Orange County Observer, sourced from Pittsburg Dispatch, retrieved 30 May 2023, page 1

Forms of coniacker

pluralconiackers
alternative formkoniacker
alternative formkoneyacker

Origin of coniacker

From Cogniac Street, a location in Dunham, Quebec close to the United States-Canada border from which a significant amount of counterfeiting took place in the 18th century and early 19th century.

Questions about coniacker

What does coniacker mean?
Coniacker means a counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.
What part of speech is coniacker?
Coniacker is a noun.
How do you pronounce coniacker?
Coniacker is pronounced /ˈkɒnijækɚ/.
What is the plural of coniacker?
The plural of coniacker is coniackers.

Words near coniacker in the dictionary

  1. conhydrine
  2. conhydrines
  3. coni
  4. conia
  5. Coniacian
  6. coniacker
  7. coniackers
  8. coniasaur
  9. coniasaurs
  10. Conibas
  11. conibear

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