or figger, figure, subs. (old).—A boy thief whose duty is to enter houses by windows and either open the doors to his confederates (as Oliver Twist with Bill Sykes), or hand out the ‘swag’ to them; also LITTLE SNAKESMAN (q.v.); cf., DIVER.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1848. DUNCOMBE, Sinks of London Laid Open, s.v.
