Conveyancer
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An attorney who passes transfer of immovable property from one party to another.
- 2 a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties wordnet
- 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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