koniacker

English

Noun

koniacker (plural koniackers)

1. Alternative spelling of coniacker
   • 1872, George P. Burnham, Memoirs of the United States Secret Service With Accurate Portraits of Prominent Members of the Detective Force and a Brief Account of the Life of Col. H. C. Whitley, Etc‎^[1], page 62:

     [Pete McCartney] has not hesitated to talk very freely converning himself and his own numerous exploits, and he has turned over [...] an immense quantity of spurious money, and other material of great value to the koniacker and his pals.

   • 1880, “The Finger of Providence”, in Louisiana Capitolian‎^[2], retrieved 2023-05-30, page 1:

     Who the parties were was beyond his conjecture; once he thought it might be Dobson, the koniacker, perhaps escaped from prison.

   • 1885, “A Philadelphia Scandal — Mysterious Disappearance of Deacon Sutch”, in The Semi-Weekly Miner‎^[3], retrieved 2023-05-30, page 2:

     Deacon Sutch was charged with undue familiarity with Ada Irene Creeger, a niece of the celebrated koniacker, Colonel William Creeger, in January 1882.