| 单词 |
yegg |
| 释义 |
▪ I. yegg U.S.|jɛg|
[Said to be the surname of a certain American burglar and safe-breaker.]
A burglar or safe-breaker. So ˈyeggman.
1903N.Y. Even. Post 23 June (Cent. D. Supp.), The prompt breaking up of the organized gangs of professional beggars and yeggs. 1905N.Y. Times 2 Jan. (ibid.), Detective Sergeants..captured on the Bowery three men who, they say, are among the most successful ‘yeggmen’, or safe⁓crackers, in the business. 1906A. 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.’
▪ II. yegg, v. U.S. slang. Now Obs. or rare.|jɛg|
[f. yegg n.]
trans. To break (a safe); also, to beg. So ˈyegging vbl. n.
1913‘A No. 1’ Trail of Tramps vii. 55 One will make a good companion for you in yegging. 1916J. Lait Beef, Iron, & Wine 263 They wouldn' 'a' ben a pocket picked or a box yegged that night in Chi. 1926J. Black You can't Win 172 In no time it had a verb hung on it, and to yegg meant to beg. |
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