3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: gonif n : (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse) [syn: {goniff}, {ganef}, {ganof}]
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