"fidlam ben" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fidlam bens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fidlam ben (plural fidlam bens)
  1. (thieves' cant, archaic) A thief. Tags: archaic

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Given them are fidlam-bens who want Beauty and Booty as the reward of their havin fag'd as many of you as dont pike off, bullets for their prog; and let me see that you are jonnok, when these shabbaroons of England attack you.",
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          "text": "He could get sent to jail for breaking in like a thieving fidlam ben.",
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