| 单词 | gilt-dubber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgilt-dubber 1. A person who picks locks; a burglar or thief. Also (in later use) gilt-dubber. Cf. gilter n.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 10 Leauing not a Pick-pockets, Gilts, Lifts, Decoyes, or Dyuers Hose vnsurueyed. 1673 Char. Quack-astrologer sig. B3 He maintains..a correspondence with Gilts and Lifters. 1702 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 4) 215 The Jilt is one that pretending Business in a Tavern or Alehouse, takes a private Room, and with Picklocks opens the Trunks or Chests, and taking what he can conveniently, locks 'em again, pays his Reckoning and departs. 1725 New Canting Dict. Gilt, or Rum-dubber, a Picklock, so called from Gilt, a Key; Many of them are so expert, that from a Church Door, to the smallest Cabinet or Trunk, they will find means to open it. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 37 Gilt-dubber, a hotel-thief. < as lemmas |
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