Gonoph
Origin
Hebrew ×’× ×‘Ö¿, 'gannÄbh', thief.
Full definition of gonoph
Noun
gonoph
(plural gonophs)- (UK, slang, dated) A pickpocket or thief. 'If the smallest "Gonoph" about town were crouching at the bottom... Inspector Field would nose him with a finer scent than an ogre's, when adventurous Jack lay trembling in his kitchen copper.' Charles Dickens, 'On Duty with Inspector Field', Household Words, June 14, 1851.