Swell mob

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	well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. - Dickens.
	See under Mob.

See also: Mob Swell

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At last, after a careful examination of the contents of the windows, made for the purpose of impressing the bystanders with the notion that he is going in to purchase a diamond bracelet or some such trifle, he enters, trying to do so with a careless swagger, and giving himself really the air of a member of the swell mob.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context

A general recollection that this was the kind of thing the Police said to the swell mob, caused Mr.

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

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