# Jug mobs, shovers, and wires: Argot of the underworld

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jug-mobs-shovers-and-wires-argot-of-the-underworld/641247 "2012-11-16T21:46:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jug-mobs-shovers-and-wires-argot-of-the-underworld/641247/21 "2019-12-11T21:14:08Z")

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> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#):
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> It looks like a fun old movie; I wonder why it isn’t better known. Wasn’t it very good?
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> Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

I’ve only seen it once, way back in the seventies, but I still remember it well. That of end is the mark of a pretty good movie.

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**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jug-mobs-shovers-and-wires-argot-of-the-underworld/641247/22 "2019-12-12T07:04:41Z")

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@Post #7: Always count on a newbie to find a 7-year-old thread to dig up. 🙂

Hi, **bdeviller**! Welcome to SDMB!

Okay, about pickpocketing: [Here’s a cute little cartoon video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3uPS4k8LCA) about a man with a pet pig trained to pick pockets.

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