Conveyancer

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another.
  2. 2
    a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties wordnet
  3. 3
    A pickpocket. UK, obsolete, slang

    "The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take."

Example

More examples

"The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take."

Etymology

From conveyance + -er.

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