yeggs
Slang for safecrackers
Yeggs is dated slang for burglars or safecrackers, particularly itinerant criminals who traveled from town to town.
The term flourished in early 20th-century American crime reporting and detective fiction: The yeggs blew the safe and escaped with the payroll.
Now rarely used outside period pieces.
Secure storage chamber
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
- stethoscopeMedical listening instrument
- nitroglycerinExplosive compound, cardiac drug
dynamite · explosives · drill · torch · lockpicking · safecracker · blowjob · soup
vault
Secure storage chamber
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
- stethoscopeMedical listening instrument
nitroglycerin · dynamite · explosives · drill · torch · lockpicking · safecracker · blowjob · soup · crack
safecrackers
Vault-breaking thieves
robbers · felons · hoodlums · outlaws · convicts · gangsters · mobsters · cons · perpetrators · lawbreakers
underworld
Realm of the departed
grifter · cracksman · second-story · joint · caper · score · pinch · collar · rap · stretch
yeggssecurity guards
Personnel protecting property
safeguards · law enforcement · police · bank security · Pinkerton agents
yeggspickpockets
Those who steal belongings
shoplifters · muggers · con men · grifters · embezzlers