Synonyms for yegg

Grammar : Noun

Spell : yeg

Phonetic Transcription : yɛg

Définition of yegg

Origin : "thief, burglar," especially "safecracker," 1903, underworld slang, of unknown origin, said to be from John Yegg, a Swedish tramp, or from German Jäger "huntsman."

As in cat burglar : noun agile burglar

Example sentences :

A jeweler by trade, he fell from his high estate and went on the road as a yegg.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Joe caught Boston Frank's eye and forthwith pushed himself alongside the yegg.
Extract from : « The Trail of the Tramp » by A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)

He duly canvassed every likely dive, every “melina,” every gambling house and yegg hang out.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

And look here: don't you get the notion in your bean I'm just some little old two-by-four guy of a yegg or some poor nut of a dip.
Extract from : « Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man » by Marie Conway Oemler

He duly canvassed every likely dive, every "melina," every gambling house and yegg hang out.
Extract from : « Never-Fail Blake » by Arthur Stringer

An American yegg would have laughed at it, opened 73 it as easily as a ripe peach; but in this district it was absolute security.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

There was a yegg of some kind scouting around Nora's house; and the same lad also took some observations of the place at Stanwick.
Extract from : « Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist » by John T. McIntyre

At the moment the missile flew from Peter's hand, the yegg steadied himself and fired.
Extract from : « The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon » by Richard Connell

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