yeggn.
/jɛɡ/, U.S. /jɛɡ/ U.S.
A burglar or safe-breaker.
ΘΚΠ
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
1903 N.Y. Evening Post 23 June (Cent. D. Supp.) The prompt breaking up of the organized gangs of professional beggars and yeggs.
1905 N.Y. Times 2 Jan. (Cent. Dict. Suppl.) Detective Sergeants..captured on the Bowery three men who, they say, are among the most successful ‘yeggmen’, or safe~crackers, in the business.
Derivatives
ˈyeggman n.
ΘΚΠ
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
1906 A. Stringer Wire Tappers 100 ‘Now, nitro-glycerine I object to, it's so abominably crude.’.. ‘And so odiously criminal!’ she interpolated. ‘Precisely. We're not exactly yeggmen yet.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yeggv.
/jɛɡ/, U.S. /jɛɡ/ U.S. slang. Now Obsolete or rare.
transitive. To break (a safe); also, to beg.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg [verb (transitive)]
beg?c1225
thigc1300
emendicate1611
mang1811
bum1863
schnorr1892
panhandle1894
yegg1916
ding1935
mump-
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)] > break into or open as burglar
crack1725
hoist1796
screw1819
jimmy1893
yegg1916
1916 J. Lait Beef, Iron, & Wine 263 They wouldn' 'a' ben a pocket picked or a box yegged that night in Chi.
1926 J. Black You can't Win 172 In no time it had a verb hung on it, and to yegg meant to beg.
Derivatives
ˈyegging n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging
thigging1331
cravingc1430
rogation?1536
progging1579
skeldering1600
begging1606
beggary1608
maunding1608
maund1610
gooding1646
mendication1646
mumping1685
mendicity1756
cadge1819
cadging1859
mumpery1894
plinging1910
yegging1913
panhandling1931
aggressive panhandling1981
1913 ‘A No. 1’ Trail of Tramps vii. 55 One will make a good companion for you in yegging.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1903v.1913- to fix one's face
- to fix one's fate
- to fix one's staff
- to fix out
- to fix someone's clock
- to fix someone's wagon
- to fix the eye
- to fix the foot or footing
- to fix the mercury
- to fix the table
- to fix the venue
- to fix up
- to fix wagon
- to fix with costs
- to fix with liability
- to fix with one's eyes
- to fizzle away
- to fizzle out
- to flag down, in
- to flag in money
- to flag off
- to flag out
- to flag over
- to flag rein
- to flail along