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    yegg
    /jɛɡ/

    noun

    • 1. a burglar or safe-breaker. informal North American

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › yeggYegg Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. ˈyeg ˈyāg. : safecracker. also : robber. Did you know? Safecracker first appeared in print in English around 1873, but English speakers evidently felt that they needed a more colorful word for this rather colorful profession. No one is quite sure where yegg came from. Its earliest known use in print is from a 1901 New York Times article.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › yeggYEGG Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Yegg definition: a safecracker. . See examples of YEGG used in a sentence.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishYEGG definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    yegg. Slang, mainly US a burglar or safe-breaker.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › yeggYegg - definition of yegg by The Free Dictionary

    Define yegg. yegg synonyms, yegg pronunciation, yegg translation, English dictionary definition of yegg. n. Slang A thief, especially a burglar or safecracker. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  6. www.yourdictionary.com › yeggYegg Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. A criminal; esp., a safecracker or burglar. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. Wiktionary. Synonyms: safecracker. outlaw. felon. Other Word Forms of Yegg. Noun. Singular: yegg. Plural: yeggs. Origin of Yegg. Origin unknown.

  7. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › yeggyegg - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 6, 2024 · yegg (plural yeggs) (cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. 1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars

  8. www.wordnik.com › words › yeggyegg - definition and meaning - Wordnik

    noun A thief, especially a burglar or safecracker. from The Century Dictionary. noun Same as yeggman. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. noun cant, slang A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. Etymologies. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. [Origin unknown.]

  9. www.learnthat.org › dictionary › 43570_yeggYegg | Word Yegg at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat...

    After the jump: The definition of "yegg"; teenagers are cruel and unbearable; mutants really seem to cheese people off; and other life lessons kids learn from comics.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › yegg_nyegg, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun yegg mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun yegg. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. Entry status.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › yegg_vyegg, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

    There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb yegg. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.