Obs. slang. [f. stem of FIG v.5 + BOY.] A pickpocket.
c. 1550. Dice-Play, D v b. Where by fyne fingered Fegge boye … picked shalbe his purse.
1602. W. Watson, Quodlibets Relig. & State, 61. Practicall science inuented by fig-boyes, and men of the Bernard high lawe.
