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peterman noun a safe-breaker UK, 1900- I’ve known several good petermen–safe-breakers–in my time[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 26, 1956
- I was called on to test my ingenuity with every slick move I had learned as a peterman. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 7, 1970
- Not just for obvious villains–tea-leaves [thieves], petermen, etc. — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 37, 1994
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