Peterman

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fisherman.
  • noun. [lowercase] A luggage thief who steals from vehicles.
  • noun. [lowercase] A thief who uses knockout drops as an aid to robbery.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a safebreaker
  • noun. a fisherman
  • noun. a fishing boat with identical bow and stern.
  • Word Usage
    "Besides which, the Saint was prepared to boast that he could make any professional peterman look like a two-year-old infant playing with a rubber crowbar when it came to safe-opening."
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    fisherman