"Towzery gang" Definition

Definitions for the word "Towzery gang" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
swindlers who hire sale-rooms, usually in the suburbs, for mock auction sales of cheap and worthless goods, and who advertise their ventures as “Alarming Sacrifices,” “Important Sales of Bankrupts’ Stock,” &c. The American name for a mock auctioneer is a “Peter Funk.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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