boxman

Updated: May 29, 2025

"In the first place," said his companion, with the air of one who presents his credentials, "I want you to understand that I am a crook. Out West I am known as Rowdy the Dude. Pickpocket, supper man, second-story man, yeggman, boxman, all-round burglar, cardsharp and slickest con man west of the Twenty-third Street ferry landing that's my history. That's to show I'm on the square with you.

O. Henry - The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million