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Showing words for YEGG using the English dictionary
4 Letter Words for Yegg
eggy, yegg
3 Letter Words for Yegg
egg, gey, gye
Definitions for Yegg
[1] a safecracker.
[2] an itinerant burglar.
[3] a thug.
[4] slang , mainly US a burglar or safe-breaker
Words related to Yegg
Words nearby Yegg
yebo, yech, yechy, yeddo hawthorn, yedo, yegg, yeggman, yeisk, yekaterinburg, yekaterinodar, yekaterinoslav
Origin of Yegg
1925–30, Americanism ; of obscure origin; the proposals that the word is < German Jäger “hunter” or that it is the surname of a well-known safecracker are both very dubious
Word origin for Yegg
C20: perhaps from the surname of a burglar
Synonyms for Yegg
cat man, cracksman, housebreaker, second-story man, second-story thief