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yeggman
(
plural
yeggmen
)
(
cant
,
slang
)
a person who breaks open safes, a burglar; a
yegg
.
1915
, W. M. McCarty,
practically every thug, yeggman and ex-convict in the land
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safecracker
yegg
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