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screwsman
screwsman slang. (ˈskruːzmən) [f. screw n. + man n.: after cracksman, etc.] A thief; a house-breaker, a burglar; also, a safe-breaker.1812 J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. Mem. 1819 II. 204 Screws⁓man, a thief who goes out a screwing. 1879 [see dead a. A. 18 b]. 1910 Dundee Advertiser 8 Jan. 7, I believe you ...
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screwer
screwer (ˈskruːə(r)) [f. screw v. + -er1.] 1. One who or that which screws. Also with up.1654 R. Whitlock Zootomia 484, I am, saith he, incredibly taken with Musick and Dancing..it seemeth a Screwer up of lower Passions (more than Pins). 1826 Cobbett Rural Rides (1885) II. 198 A cruel screwer down o...
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The Great Train Robbery (novel)
Robert Agar - A twenty-six-year-old screwsman (criminal who is skilled with copying keys and picking locks) at the beginning of the novel, Agar is pivotal
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screwing
▪ I. screwing, vbl. n. (ˈskruːɪŋ) [f. screw v. + -ing1.] a. The action of the verb (in its various senses); also, an instance of this.1673 Remarques Humours Town 54 A scruing up the courage of a friend to those fantastick heights. 1680 Bunyan Mr. Badman (1905) 115 Extortion is a screwing from men mo...
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The First Great Train Robbery
Pierce recruits Robert Agar, a pickpocket and screwsman. ingots from the London-to-Folkestone passenger train was stolen by Pierce and his accomplices, a clerk in the railway offices named Tester, and a skilled screwsman
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dragging
▪ I. dragging, vbl. n. (ˈdrægɪŋ) [f. drag v. + -ing1.] a. The action of drag v. in various senses.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 130/1 Draggynge, or drawynge, tractus. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 158 b, In the psalmody & hymnes..Begin al at ones, & ende all at ones..beware of tayles or draggynge. 1639 Fu...
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dead
▪ I. dead, a. (n.1, adv.) (dɛd) Forms: 1–3 déad, 2–3 dæd, (3 deæd), 2–7 ded, (4 deede, deid, did, Ayenb. dyad, dyead), 4–6 deed, dede, 5 deyde, dyde, 6 dedde, 6–7 deade, (5– Sc. deid), 6– dead. [A common Teut. adj.; orig. pple.: OE. déad = OFris. dâd (WFris., NFris. dead), OS. dôd, MDu. dôt(d), Du. ...
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