yeggman
Americannoun
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yeggmen
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of yeggman
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; apparently yegg + -man, though the appearance of yegg as an independent word is later
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You are not really a yeggman, or a hobo.
From A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts by Nicholas Carter
"Here, take it!" he snarled, handing up the box; which Andy immediately passed over to his cousin before he would stretch out his hand again to render the defeated yeggman any assistance.
From The Aeroplane Boys Flight A Hydroplane Roundup by John Luther Langworthy
"If you can find out more about this yeggman, so much the better."
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
"Wot ye got now?" snarled the reformed yeggman.
From A Reversible Santa Claus by Meredith Nicholson
It reminded him very much of his friend the yeggman in New York.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby
I wonder if their forefathers were, once on a time, the hooligans and yeggmen of some very ancient Babylon Bowery or the East End of some pre-Nimrodic Nineveh?
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
He is the king of all the yeggmen.
From A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts by Nicholas Carter
"When are them yeggmen gonna send Marc Anthony up to Cleopatra?" he demands, all excited.
From Kid Scanlan by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
By investigating the case a little further before actually starting out upon it, Nick discovered that the yeggmen had carried their depredations even into whole villages.
From A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts by Nicholas Carter
He felt that they could surely afford to linger for some time, if there was any chance of learning whether the yeggmen meant to change their plans, or proceed to carry out their original scheme.
From The Aeroplane Boys Flight A Hydroplane Roundup by John Luther Langworthy
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