shop-bouncer
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shop-bouncer
noun shop-bouncers
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A shoplifter's accomplice who distracts the salesperson.
This scheme has had a great run among the shop-bouncers, as has that of taking a boy in with them, when they first go into the shop, who, whilst the same examination of the goods is going on, contrives to put three or four pieces of handkerchiefs into the man's hat, which has been previously laid on
Similar: bouncer
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title = {shop-bouncer},
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