lamster

[ lam-ster ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a fugitive from the law.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamster¹

First recorded in 1900–05; lam ² + -ster

Example Sentences

Whether or not his name is removed, Lamster said the histories of MoMA and Johnson, who donated many major works to the museum, are “inextricably intertwined”.

From The Guardian

Mark Lamster, author of the 2018 Johnson biography, The Man in the Glass House, said Johnson’s Nazi and fascist past had long been public knowledge and was published at the time in major US magazines.

From The Guardian

In a Dallas Morning News column this year, Mark Lamster found a statement that revealed the mindset of white leaders near the turn of the 20th century and how their attitudes influenced zoning that shaped the city for years to come.

From Seattle Times

There’s something “New Age-y” and “kitschy and cheery” about the cathedral that seems at odds with the “formality and sternness” associated with many Catholic buildings, says Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster, who wrote a biography of Johnson.

From Washington Post

It was a spread in Vogue that drew Schuller to Johnson, according to Lamster’s biography.

From Washington Post

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