Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Everything
2
Moll-buzz
(
thing
)
by
pukesick
Mon Mar 27 2000 at 12:33:31
A
technique
of
snatching
women's
purse
s from
baby carriages
.
Note: The
theft
is accomplished in the following manner: An
accomplice
, known as the
buzzer
,
accosts
a
victim
and asks to be directed to a given place in the
neighborhood
. The destination is so chosen that the victim must turn her back to the
carriage
to point. The purse-snatcher now advances from the direction which the victim is facing and deftly seizes the purse. The victim seldom discovers her loss until the thieves have disappeared.
Premature
discovery
requires the buzzer, feigning
solicitude
, to block pursuit and delay an
outcry
until the
snatcher
has escaped. Very
youthful
operators
are most successful.
-
american underworld dictionary
- 1950
Moll-whiz
American Underworld Dictionary
Mollbuzzer
Log in
or
register
to write something here or to contact authors.