| 单词 | pocketbook dropper |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspocketbook dropper pocketbook dropper n. now historical and rare a confidence trickster who makes money by dropping a wallet (see pocketbook dropping n.). ΚΠ 1845 N.Y. Herald 7 May 2/2 The writer in the American Review..enumerates the potential agencies to which..Mr. Polk owes his election [as]..‘pocket-book droppers’, ‘brothel-owners and bullies’ [etc.]. 1874 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 19 May One of those noble souls whose generous dispositions make them the prey of the pocket-book dropper and the confidence man. 1908 Washington Post 24 May The confidence men, pocketbook droppers, and so on [are] either Polacks or Italians. 2011 Wired (San Francisco) (Electronic ed.) Feb. Five foot nine, of stout frame and polite address, this specialist in crime was a pocketbook dropper. < as lemmas |
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