(thing) by pukesick Mon Mar 27 2000 at 12:33:31
A technique of snatching women's purses from baby carriages. Note: The theft is accomplished in the following manner: An accomplice, known as the buzzer, accosts a victim and asks to be directed to a given place in the neighborhood. The destination is so chosen that the victim must turn her back to the carriage to point. The purse-snatcher now advances from the direction which the victim is facing and deftly seizes the purse. The victim seldom discovers her loss until the thieves have disappeared. Premature discovery requires the buzzer, feigning solicitude, to block pursuit and delay an outcry until the snatcher has escaped. Very youthful operators are most successful.

- american underworld dictionary - 1950
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