yeggman

[ yeg-muhn ]

noun

, Older Slang.

, plural yegg·men.

1. yegg.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yeggman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; apparently yegg + -man, though the appearance of yegg as an independent word is later

Example Sentences

The modern ‘yeggman,’ however, is often an inartistic, untidy workman, for it frequently happens that when the door suddenly parts company with the safe it takes the front of the building with it.

From Scientific American

It was no longer possible to distinguish a "yeggman" from a "flopper," and even bank robbers wrote "begging letters."

From Project Gutenberg

The Bowery thug and yeggman are much more dangerous enemies to society than the average gipsy.

From Project Gutenberg

He had been thinking this over, however, and concluded that it hardly stood to reason that such desperate characters as these two, one an escaped reform school inmate and the other a yeggman tramp, would be entirely without some means of defence.

From Project Gutenberg

"A hobo, or a yeggman," was what flashed though the mind of the lad, as he dropped flat behind some friendly bushes where he could conceal himself, and at the same time observe all that went on.

From Project Gutenberg