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tail-buzzer

tail-buzzer noun: a thief who steals from coat pockets.

Noun

tail-buzzer (plural tail-buzzers)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A thief who steals from coat pockets.

Forms of tail-buzzer

pluraltail-buzzers

Questions about tail-buzzer

What does tail-buzzer mean?
Tail-buzzer means a thief who steals from coat pockets.
What part of speech is tail-buzzer?
Tail-buzzer is a noun.
What is the plural of tail-buzzer?
The plural of tail-buzzer is tail-buzzers.

Words near tail-buzzer in the dictionary

  1. tail winds
  2. tail-bay
  3. tail-bays
  4. tail-beam
  5. tail-beams
  6. tail-buzzer
  7. tail-buzzers
  8. tail-end
  9. Tail-End Charlie
  10. Tail-End Charlies
  11. tail-ender

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