upright man

== English == === Alternative forms === Upright Man === Noun === upright man (plural upright men) (archaic, UK, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upright,‎ man. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:criminal leader === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “upright man”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 391. John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1904), “upright man”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume VII, [London: […] Neill and Co.] […], →OCLC, page 264.