Lexicographical Neighbors of Mobsman
Literary usage of Mobsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat by William Hulme Hooper (1853)
"Return Voyage.—Farewell to Esquimaux.—A Native Swell mobsman.— Beaufort, Pullen,
and Hooper Islands.—" LOGAN " Farewell. ..."
2. The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman by Thomas Cross (1904)
"... an Error—Swell mobsman —Personality—A Trio—Ludicrous Accident. THE great
competition and rapid advance towards perfection in stage-coach travelling, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A member of the swell-mob ; a dressy thief or swindler who affects the airs of
a gentleman: generally, swell-mobsman. [Slang.] She once went to a concert, ..."
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