Cony-catcher

Con-men, tricksters or thieves looking for someone to peel.

"Watch out for Old Nick the Stick, that cony-catcher is looking for rubes like you to con out of their drawers."

by Zed Numar July 25, 2021

Cony

A rube, or a generally naive berk. Someone easily peeled and bobbed. Victims of cony-catchers.

"That cony got ripped-off within an hour of getting off the bus to New York from Iowa, he had no street sense at all."

by Zed Numar July 25, 2021