Tooler

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stonemason's chisel.
  2. 2
    One who tools leather.
  3. 3
    A criminal who defrauds a fruit machine and steals the money inside.
  4. 4
    A pickpocket. UK, obsolete, slang

    "Pickpockets took to housebreaking and housebreakers joined gangs of street thieves; cracksmen's mistresses were often toolers and shoplifters."

Example

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"Pickpockets took to housebreaking and housebreakers joined gangs of street thieves; cracksmen's mistresses were often toolers and shoplifters."

Etymology

From tool + -er.

Related phrases

fruit machine

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