Faginesque

English

Etymology

Fagin +‎ -esque

Adjective

Faginesque (comparative more Faginesque, superlative most Faginesque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838), a criminal who trains children as pickpockets.
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