'Gonoph' definitions:
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Gonoph \Gon"oph\, n. [From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb. gann[=a]bh
thief.]
A pickpocket or thief. [Also spelled ganef, gonif, and
goniff.] [Eng. Slang] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
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goniff \gon"iff\, n. [From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb. gann[=a]bh
thief.]
A pickpocket or thief. [Also spelled ganef, gonif, and
gonoph.] [Eng. Slang]
[1913 Webster +PJC]