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moll buzzer

moll buzzer noun: a petty criminal who accompanies a female pickpocket.

Noun

moll buzzer (plural moll buzzers)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A petty criminal who accompanies a female pickpocket.
    • Habitual criminal Molly Holbrook "has taken as her companion one Jim Hoya who is known to the police detectives as a moll buzzer, a man who follows a female pickpocket about, and receives from her the 'leathers' taken from a woman in public gatherings."1874 July 26, Chicago Daily Tribune

Forms of moll buzzer

pluralmoll buzzers

Questions about moll buzzer

What does moll buzzer mean?
Moll buzzer means a petty criminal who accompanies a female pickpocket.
What part of speech is moll buzzer?
Moll buzzer is a noun.
What is the plural of moll buzzer?
The plural of moll buzzer is moll buzzers.

Words near moll buzzer in the dictionary

  1. Molitor
  2. Molitors
  3. Molizon
  4. molka
  5. moll
  6. moll buzzer
  7. moll buzzers
  8. Moll Kelley
  9. Moll Kelly
  10. molla
  11. mollag

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