coniacker

plural coniackers · alternative koniacker · alternative koneyacker

1. USdatedA counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.

   Twenty-eight men cover this entire country hunting out counterfeits and counterfeiters, devising intricate schemes to catch the coniacker red handed in his infamous work.

   1891, “The Government Secret Service”, in Orange County Observer, sourced from Pittsburg Dispatch, retrieved 30 May 2023, page 1

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   Among the notables we were shown [was] Biebusch, the coniacker, who was sent up from St. Louis about three months ago for ten years for the making and shoving of the queer.

   1880, “Penitentiary Points — The "Ledger Man" Interviews the Penitentiary Notables”, in Mexico Weekly Ledger, retrieved 30 May 2023, page 3

   "I sold my stock [...] and received in payment five counterfeit one-thousand-dollar-bills!" "What! You insolent man! You dare to tell me to my face that you recognize in me a coniacker or shover of the queer?"

   1899, Frank Cowan, The Millionaire: A Novel, page 191