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"buz-bloke" Definition

  1. a pickpocket who principally confines his attention to purses and loose cash. _Grose_ gives BUZ-GLOAK, an ancient cant word. GLOAK was old cant for a man. BUZ-NAPPER, a young pickpocket.

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Position in the dictionary: 458 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: buz-man, buz-napper’s academy, buzzer, by george, by golly, by jingo, byblow, ca-sa, cab, cabbage
Previous words in the dictionary: buz, butty, buttons, buttoner, button, butter-fingered, butter, butcher’s mourning, butcher, butcha

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