moll-buzzern.

Brit.

/ˈmɒlˌbʌzə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑlˌbəzər/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moll n.², buzzer n.²

Etymology: Probably < moll n.² + buzzer n.² (though this is apparently first attested slightly later).In sense ‘female thief’ perhaps after moll n.² 2: see discussion at that entry.

slang.

A pickpocket or thief whose victims are mainly women.Sometimes taken as indicating specifically a female thief of this sort: see etymological note.

ΚΠ

1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum (Farmer), at Moll Moll-buzzer, a thief that devotes himself to picking the pockets of women.

1910 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Aug. 6/5 It puzzles him to have the country cousin clutch his arm and enquire whether that rough-looking customer coming out of a Chatham Square saloon is a dip, a yegg, a stall, a moll-buzzer, a Fagin, or a gun.

1912 A. Berkman Prison Mem. Anarchist ii. xxii. 278 The ‘gun’..gathers messages for their ‘moll buzzers’ [footnote women thieves].

1912 Collier's 23 Nov. 12/2 When he came out he began as a ‘moll buzzer’, which, you understand, means a pickpocket who specializes on the fair sex; he buzzes the ‘molls’.

1936 Evening News 9 Dec. 8/5 Buzzers are male pickpockets who specialise in opening women's handbags; moll buzzers are the females of the species.

1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 169 The moll buzzer (male or female) is not strictly speaking a pickpocket... But the thief takes money from the purses or handbags..carried by women.

1991 L. Sante Low Life iii. i. 210 Black Lena was an uncommonly successful pickpocket and moll-buzzer, who was undone by her taste for social climbing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moll-buzzer
释义	moll-buzzern. Brit. /ˈmɒlˌbʌzə/, U.S. /ˈmɑlˌbəzər/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moll n.², buzzer n.² Etymology: Probably < moll n.² + buzzer n.² (though this is apparently first attested slightly later).In sense ‘female thief’ perhaps after moll n.² 2: see discussion at that entry. slang. A pickpocket or thief whose victims are mainly women.Sometimes taken as indicating specifically a female thief of this sort: see etymological note. ΚΠ 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum (Farmer), at Moll Moll-buzzer, a thief that devotes himself to picking the pockets of women. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Aug. 6/5 It puzzles him to have the country cousin clutch his arm and enquire whether that rough-looking customer coming out of a Chatham Square saloon is a dip, a yegg, a stall, a moll-buzzer, a Fagin, or a gun. 1912 A. Berkman Prison Mem. Anarchist ii. xxii. 278 The ‘gun’..gathers messages for their ‘moll buzzers’ [footnote women thieves]. 1912 Collier's 23 Nov. 12/2 When he came out he began as a ‘moll buzzer’, which, you understand, means a pickpocket who specializes on the fair sex; he buzzes the ‘molls’. 1936 Evening News 9 Dec. 8/5 Buzzers are male pickpockets who specialise in opening women's handbags; moll buzzers are the females of the species. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 169 The moll buzzer (male or female) is not strictly speaking a pickpocket... But the thief takes money from the purses or handbags..carried by women. 1991 L. Sante Low Life iii. i. 210 Black Lena was an uncommonly successful pickpocket and moll-buzzer, who was undone by her taste for social climbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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