moll buzzer

noun

moll buzzer

noun

1

Obsolete, Slang A 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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