English

Alternative forms

• abandannad

Noun

abandannaad ‎(plural abandannaads)

1. (archaic, thieves' cant) A pickpocket specialising in bandanas and handkerchiefs.
2. (archaic, thieves' cant, by extension) A petty thief.

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 2
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 3
• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of the Underworld, London, Macmillan Co., 1949