Definition of "yeggman" []

• A person who breaks open safes, a burglar : a yegg. (noun)

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• "He was determined now that the fellow should have a lesson indeed; so while he held him at arm's length with one hand, he pummeled him with the other until his face was a mass of bruises; and then, when the yeggman was in a condition bordering upon insensibility, Nick raised him bodily from his feet, and holding him in his arms, ran with him down along the path toward the water."
• "Before the yeggman could make reply the girl spoke up quickly."
• "I always wanted to be a brakie, and then a yeggman."