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Definition of Gonoph
1. n. A pickpocket or thief.
Definition of Gonoph
1. Noun. (UK slang dated) A pickpocket or thief. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gonoph
1. ganef [n -S] - See also: ganef
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonoph
Literary usage of Gonoph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
""And s'posing I die first, d'you think I'm going to get damned for the sins of
an ugly red-faced gonoph like, that."— Sporting Times. (Thieves), a thief. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"I am obliged to take him into custody, he's as obstinate a young gonoph as I
know ; he won't move on. Dicken», Bleak House, xix. ..."
3. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"... for instance, its unscholarly treatment of locutions like "had better," "had
rather," and its derivation of "gonoph" from '' gone off"! ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Gone of [gon-uv], phr. Become of. ' What's gone of my coat 1' Glouc. Gone-off, sb.
A fool, simpleton. Neither allied to' gonoph,' Yiddish. a thief: nor to ..."
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