moll buzzer

noun

A petty criminal who accompanies a female pickpocket.

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Meanings

nounmoll buzzer (plural moll buzzers)

plural moll buzzers

  1. obsoleteslangA petty criminal who accompanies a female pickpocket.

    Habitual criminal Molly Holbrook "has taken as her companion one Jim Hoya who is known to the police detectives as a moll buzzer, a man who follows a female pickpocket about, and receives from her the 'leathers' taken from a woman in public gatherings."

    1874 July 26, Chicago Daily Tribune
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APA

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MLA

“moll buzzer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moll%20buzzer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moll buzzer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moll%20buzzer.

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