screwsmann.

Brit.

/ˈskruːzmən/, U.S.

/ˈskruzmən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: screw n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < either the genitive or the plural of screw n.¹ + man n.¹, probably after cracksman n., etc.

Criminals' slang.

A thief who picks locks, or makes and uses false keys; (more generally) a burglar, a housebreaker; (also) spec. a safe-breaker.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun]

housebreakera1400

burglary1533

burglar1541

burglarer1598

mill1607

mill-ken1667

hoister1708

crack1749

cracksman1819

screwsman1819

screwer1831

crib-cracker1879

cracker1886

key worker1895

houseman1904

home invader1907

in and out man1961

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > safe-breaker

chest-breaker1604

screwsman1819

safe-breaker1860

safe-blower1867

safe-cracker1873

peterman1900

gopher man1901

yegg1903

yeggman1906

pete-man1907

tool-man1909

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 204 Screwsman, a thief who goes out a screwing.

1879 J. W. Horsley in Macmillan's Mag. 40 505/2 Me and the screwsman went to Gravesend, and I found a dead 'un (uninhabited house).

1910 Dundee Advertiser 8 Jan. 7 I believe you are a ‘screwsman’. Where's the jemmy and the ‘twirls’?

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 18 I'm a screwsman and not on the dragging lark.

2013 Z. Archer Sweet Revenge 139 ‘Spent years as a screwsman,’ he said quietly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	screwsman
释义	screwsmann. Brit. /ˈskruːzmən/, U.S. /ˈskruzmən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: screw n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < either the genitive or the plural of screw n.¹ + man n.¹, probably after cracksman n., etc. Criminals' slang. A thief who picks locks, or makes and uses false keys; (more generally) a burglar, a housebreaker; (also) spec. a safe-breaker. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] housebreakera1400 burglary1533 burglar1541 burglarer1598 mill1607 mill-ken1667 hoister1708 crack1749 cracksman1819 screwsman1819 screwer1831 crib-cracker1879 cracker1886 key worker1895 houseman1904 home invader1907 in and out man1961 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > safe-breaker chest-breaker1604 screwsman1819 safe-breaker1860 safe-blower1867 safe-cracker1873 peterman1900 gopher man1901 yegg1903 yeggman1906 pete-man1907 tool-man1909 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 204 Screwsman, a thief who goes out a screwing. 1879 J. W. Horsley in Macmillan's Mag. 40 505/2 Me and the screwsman went to Gravesend, and I found a dead 'un (uninhabited house). 1910 Dundee Advertiser 8 Jan. 7 I believe you are a ‘screwsman’. Where's the jemmy and the ‘twirls’? 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 18 I'm a screwsman and not on the dragging lark. 2013 Z. Archer Sweet Revenge 139 ‘Spent years as a screwsman,’ he said quietly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819
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