Meaning of Hoister | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
2. A thief.
   UK, slang

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Examples

“[…] putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have⟳ reached its interior bottom.”

“In order⟳ better to appreciate the use⟳ of argot among thieves, a visit⟳ to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove⟳ of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]”

“Like⟳ their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]”

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