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Fagin

[ US /ˈfeɪɡɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens
    Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets

How To Use Fagin In A Sentence

  • A kindly Fagin who harbors a nest of adolescent thieves as runners for his goods.
  • When, just before dawn, Sikes arrives to drop off some swag, Fagin plies him with a series of hypothetical questions about what he would do to someone who ‘peached’ on him.
  • He is a developing actor who should stick to playing the Artful Dodger for now, and leave Fagin to his elders and betters.
  • I paid Fagin to trap Oliver into a life of crime.
  • Everyone knows Oliver and Fagin, not to mention David Copperfield, Mr. Micawber, Edwin Drood, Mr. Pickwick and the rest of the troop. Our Dickens
  • In the film Oliver's attempt to get Fagin to pray is overwhelmed by the emotional intensity of Fagin's sense of parting from the young orphan he took in.
  • Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets
  • Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise.
  • A rain machine sends water sleeting down as two carriages lumber into action and Fagin's lone figure hobbles back along the street.
  • Fagin produced some beer, and as the fight appeared to be over, everybody sat down.
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