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单词 day-thief
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day-thief n. [attested earlier as a surname: Richard Daythef (1246)] now rare
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John x. 1 He that cometh not in by the dore in to the fold of the scheep, but stiȝeth vp by another weye, is nyȝt thef and day thef [L. fur est et latro].
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1644) iii. ii. §9 166 I may..call for their priviledge to kill a Day thiefe, or any man in defence of another.
1888 J. H. Knowles Folk-Tales Kashmir 297 The day-thief always left the house before daybreak, and did not return till after dark.
1930 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 6 259 The dialogue..between the Day-Thief and the Night-Thief when they first meet in the Café.
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