Lexicographical Neighbors of Mobsmen
Literary usage of Mobsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1856)
"The swell mobsmen proper, generally work together at races in gangs of from three
to seven, those who ' cover,' as it is termed, making a rush to create ..."
2. Gaslight and Daylight: With Some London Scenes They Shine Upon by George Augustus Sala (1859)
"Now, Monsieur Tyro, if you please, button up all your pockets, and essay not to
enter the inner ring, for the swell mobsmen will stone you from it if you do ..."
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