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Webster 1913 Edition


Gonoph

Gon′oph

,
Noun.
[From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb.
gannābh
thief.]
A pickpocket or thief.
[Also spelled
ganef
,
gonif
, and
goniff
.]
[Eng. Slang]
Dickens.

Definition 2024


gonoph

gonoph

English

Alternative forms

Noun

gonoph (plural gonophs)

  1. (Britain, New York, slang, dated) A pickpocket or thief.
    • Charles Dickens, 'On Duty with Inspector Field', Household Words, June 14, 1851:
      If the smallest "Gonoph" about town were crouching at the bottom... Inspector Field would nose him with a finer scent than an ogre's, when adventurous Jack lay trembling in his kitchen copper.'

Synonyms

  • See Wikisaurus:pickpocket