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moll buzzers

moll buzzers is the plural of moll buzzer.

Meaning of moll buzzer

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

Questions about moll buzzers

What is moll buzzers the plural of?
Moll buzzers is the plural of moll buzzer.

Words near moll buzzers in the dictionary

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

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