yeggman
noun
yegg.
yeggmen
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pluralof yeggman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Simply that we are two newspaper men looking for an article, without names, dates, or places - just a good story of yeggmen and tramps.
From The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
The afternoon was wholly before them, and who could tell what change of plans the two yeggmen might make before the coming of the night?
From The Aeroplane Boys Flight A Hydroplane Roundup by John Luther Langworthy
"Or else eaten up by the yeggmen," suggested Patsy.
From A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts by Nicholas Carter
During that time he met by accident a friend who made a hobby of studying yeggmen and criminals and occasionally doing a bit of the amateur tramp act himself.
From Courts and Criminals by Arthur Cheney Train
"Do you mean to say these are the fugitives I have been chasing, the desperate yeggmen named Shorty McCabe and Lanky Jim Smith?" cried the police head.
From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Alan Douglas
