coniacker means A counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.
coniacker is pronounced /ˈkɒnijækɚ/.
Etymology
From Cogniac Street, a location in Dunham, Quebec close to the United States-Canada border from which a significant amount of counterfeiting took place in the 18th century and early 19th century.
noun
- A counterfeiter, a dealer in counterfeit money.“Among the notables we were shown [was] Biebusch, the coniacker, who was sent up from St. Louis about three months ago for ten years for the making and shoving of the queer.”