(UK, Australia) A thief who snatches a handbag, shoulder bag, rucksack, etc., from the person carrying it.
(UK, Australia) A thief who snatches a handbag, shoulder bag, rucksack, etc., from the person carrying it.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US, Australia, NZ, informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
(slang, jocular, pejorative, obsolete) One who makes arrests, such as a bailiff or policeman.
(UK, slang) A man exploited by a woman as an escort to social events.
(Australia) A shoplifter.
(British, transitive, idiomatic, humorous, metonym) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).