koniacker

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Noun

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koniacker (plural koniackers)

  1. Alternative spelling of coniacker
    • 1872, George P. Burnham, Memoirs of the United States Secret Service With Accurate Portraits of Prominent Members of the Detective Force and a Brief Account of the Life of Col. H. C. Whitley, Etc[1], page 62:
      [Pete McCartney] has not hesitated to talk very freely converning himself and his own numerous exploits, and he has turned over [...] an immense quantity of spurious money, and other material of great value to the koniacker and his pals.
    • 1880, “The Finger of Providence”, in Louisiana Capitolian[2], retrieved 2023-05-30, page 1:
      Who the parties were was beyond his conjecture; once he thought it might be Dobson, the koniacker, perhaps escaped from prison.
    • 1885, “A Philadelphia Scandal — Mysterious Disappearance of Deacon Sutch”, in The Semi-Weekly Miner[3], retrieved 2023-05-30, page 2:
      Deacon Sutch was charged with undue familiarity with Ada Irene Creeger, a niece of the celebrated koniacker, Colonel William Creeger, in January 1882.