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(archaic, slang) Well-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.

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swell mob

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swell mob

archaic slang

(archaic, slang) Well-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.

Japanese Meaning

衣服に身を包んだ（風格のある）泥棒や詐欺師の集団を指す（古風・俗語）

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The old detective warned the museum curator that the swell mob had been casing the galleries for weeks.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

老刑事は、美術館の館長に、着飾った泥棒や詐欺師の一味が数週間にわたり展示室を物色していると警告した。

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(archaic, slang) Well-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.

But some of the Swell Mob, on the occasion of this Derby that I refer to, so far kiddied us as to hire a horse and shay; start away from London by Whitechapel, and miles round; come into Epsom from the opposite direction; […]

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

swell mobs

（ plural ）

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