whizzers

Noun

whizzer (plural whizzers)

1. A set of horizontal blades used to separate mineral particles.
2. A device used in milling to dry wheat, etc. by rapid spinning.
3. (UK, slang) A pickpocket.
   • In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 504
4. (historical) Synonym of whizgig (“spinning toy”).

   Synonyms:

   whizgig