FAGIN


Meaning of FAGIN in English

ˈfāgə̇n noun

( -s )

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: after Fagin, a fence and trainer of children as pickpockets in the novel Oliver Twist (1837-39) by Charles Dickens died 1870 English novelist

: an adult who instructs others in crime ; especially : one who teaches children to steal

a kindly fagin who harbors a nest of adolescent thieves as runners for his goods — Time

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