19 November 2017

lamster

[lam-ster]

noun, Slang.

1. a fugitive from the law.

Also, lamister.

Origin of lamster

1900-1905 First recorded in 1900-05; lam2+ -ster

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Slang definitions & phrases for lamster

lamster

noun

An escaped convict

[1904+ Underworld; fr lam]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.

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Today’s quote

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

– Aristotle

On this day

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