coniacker
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈkɒnijækɚ/
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/ˈkɒnjækɚ/
Noun
A counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.
Usage- US usage
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More examples (3)
Among the notables we were shown [was] Biebusch, the coniacker, who was sent up from St. Louis about three months ago for ten years for the making and shoving of the queer.
Twenty-eight men cover this entire country hunting out counterfeits and counterfeiters, devising intricate schemes to catch the coniacker red handed in his infamous work.
"I sold my stock [...] and received in payment five counterfeit one-thousand-dollar-bills!" "What! You insolent man! You dare to tell me to my face that you recognize in me a coniacker or shover of the queer?"
Word forms
coniackerskoniackerkoneyacker