CROWBAR
(also see BURGLAR – TOOLS)
NOUNS
► ALDERMAN a large crowbar → L19 sl.
► BAL-IRE a crowbar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAR a crowbar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BESS a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► BETTY a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► CLINCH BAR a crowbar → 1941 Amer. dial.
► CROW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► CROWFOOT a crowbar → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CROW-SPIKE a crowbar → 1692 obs.
► DOG a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► GABLOCK an iron crowbar → c1746 Eng. dial.
► GAFF a crowbar → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRANNY BAR a crowbar → 1919 Amer. dial.
► GRANNY TOOL a crowbar → 1919 Amer. dial.
► JACK a crowbar → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JACK-IN-THE-BOX a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JAMES a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1819 sl.
► JEMMY ► JIMMY a short crowbar used by burglars, generally made in sections screwing together → 1752
► JENNY a small crowbar → 1690 thieves’ sl.
► JILT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LEWDER a wooden crowbar or lever → 1825 Sc.
► LORD-MAYOR a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► PERSUADING PLATE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► PIG’S-FOOT a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► SCREW a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► STICK, THE a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1879 criminals’ sl.
► TILL-IRON a crowbar → 1905 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► TIVVILL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► TWIRL a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► TWIST a short crowbar, used by housebreakers → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
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