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单词 deer-stealer
释义

deer-stealern.

Forms: see deer n. and stealer n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: deer n., stealer n.1
Etymology: < deer n. + stealer n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeer-ˌstealer.
A poacher who kills and steals deer.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > stealers of animals > [noun] > stealers of other animals
deer-stealera1641
sheep-stealer1656
prig-napper1676
dognapper1901
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 296 Old notorious deerestealers.
c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 75 To discover dear-stealers and trespassers within the said forest.
1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 131 He promises never to be a Deer-stealer, upon Condition that he shall have Venison of his own.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 206 Among smugglers and deer-stealers.

Derivatives

ˈdeer-ˌstealing n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stealing animals > [noun] > stealing of other animals or livestock
poultry picking?a1500
sheep-stealinga1578
deer-stealing1710
dognapping1921
1710 London Gaz. No. 4702/2 Leave..to bring in a Bill to prevent Dear-stealing.
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