housebreakern.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkər/

Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and breaker n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, breaker n.¹

Etymology: < house n.¹ + breaker n.¹ With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch huusbrēker , Middle Low German hūsbrēker , and earlier housebreach n.

1. A person who breaks into a house or other building with intent to commit a crime, esp. a robbery.Formerly a specific legal term for a person who breaks in to a house with intent to commit a crime in the daytime; see housebreaking n., burglary n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun]

housebreakera1400

burglary1533

burglar1541

burglarer1598

mill1607

mill-ken1667

hoister1708

crack1749

cracksman1819

screwsman1819

screwer1831

crib-cracker1879

cracker1886

key worker1895

houseman1904

home invader1907

in and out man1961

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6747 Thefe housbreker in any stounde.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 190/2 An Howse breker, Apercularius.

1610 H. Broughton Iob xxiv. 135 [God] suffreth rebellers..which keep not in his pathes: Murtherers on day: theeves on adulterers, house-breakers.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 280 A House-breaker coming one night into his House.

1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 274 High-way-Men, House-breakers, and common Pick-Pockets.

1797 J. Sharp Life & Tragic Death F. G. Meyer. iii. 77 Murder..a crime that is so facilely associated with the occupation of a house-breaker, not only in idea, but frequently in fact.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 228 As expert a housebreaker as ever handled a jemmy.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 295 During the autumn of 1692 and the following winter, the capital was kept in constant terror by housebreakers.

1919 Living Age 1 Nov. 272/2 He is but a housebreaker if he follows his thievish calling in the daytime—right down to midnight, I believe.

1957 H. Nicolson Journey to Java vi. 106 Being quick at the uptake, he then realized that the flat had been visited by house-breakers.

2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) viii. 195 A prison settlement such as Port Arthur..was,..a school for criminality, where pickpockets might learn from housebreakers, and housebreakers from murderers.

2. A person or firm who demolishes houses or buildings. Cf. house wrecker n. at house n.¹ and int. Compounds 10.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > one who demolishes or ruins

demolisher1615

dilapidator1812

house wrecker1849

housebreaker1870

wrecking company1940

wrecker1958

1870 A. Wynter Curiosities of Toil & Other Papers II. 29 Among the many curious trades which can only exist in large cities is that of the housebreaker, or demolisher of buildings.

1898 Daily News 22 July 6/1 The house-breaker—the man of the pick, not the jemmy—is hard at work.

1929 Times 26 Nov. 12/3 Lovers of the beauties of Oxford will hope that the elegant Observatory building..may be spared from the house-breakers.

1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 94 Housebreaker, a skilled man who pulls down a wall by standing on top of it and breaking pieces off below him, or by pulling a loose wall with a winch and rope, or by means of a concrete breaker.

2003 UK Newsquest Regional Press (Nexis) 5 Dec. Permanence has now no market value and buildings have become so part of what they house that in fifty years time they will be fit for nothing else than the house-breaker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	housebreaker
释义	housebreakern. Brit. /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkə/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkər/ Forms: see house n.¹ and int. and breaker n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, breaker n.¹ Etymology: < house n.¹ + breaker n.¹ With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch huusbrēker , Middle Low German hūsbrēker , and earlier housebreach n. 1. A person who breaks into a house or other building with intent to commit a crime, esp. a robbery.Formerly a specific legal term for a person who breaks in to a house with intent to commit a crime in the daytime; see housebreaking n., burglary n.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] housebreakera1400 burglary1533 burglar1541 burglarer1598 mill1607 mill-ken1667 hoister1708 crack1749 cracksman1819 screwsman1819 screwer1831 crib-cracker1879 cracker1886 key worker1895 houseman1904 home invader1907 in and out man1961 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6747 Thefe housbreker in any stounde. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 190/2 An Howse breker, Apercularius. 1610 H. Broughton Iob xxiv. 135 [God] suffreth rebellers..which keep not in his pathes: Murtherers on day: theeves on adulterers, house-breakers. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 280 A House-breaker coming one night into his House. 1732 A. Pope True Narr. what passed in London in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 274 High-way-Men, House-breakers, and common Pick-Pockets. 1797 J. Sharp Life & Tragic Death F. G. Meyer. iii. 77 Murder..a crime that is so facilely associated with the occupation of a house-breaker, not only in idea, but frequently in fact. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 228 As expert a housebreaker as ever handled a jemmy. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 295 During the autumn of 1692 and the following winter, the capital was kept in constant terror by housebreakers. 1919 Living Age 1 Nov. 272/2 He is but a housebreaker if he follows his thievish calling in the daytime—right down to midnight, I believe. 1957 H. Nicolson Journey to Java vi. 106 Being quick at the uptake, he then realized that the flat had been visited by house-breakers. 2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) viii. 195 A prison settlement such as Port Arthur..was,..a school for criminality, where pickpockets might learn from housebreakers, and housebreakers from murderers. 2. A person or firm who demolishes houses or buildings. Cf. house wrecker n. at house n.¹ and int. Compounds 10. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > one who demolishes or ruins demolisher1615 dilapidator1812 house wrecker1849 housebreaker1870 wrecking company1940 wrecker1958 1870 A. Wynter Curiosities of Toil & Other Papers II. 29 Among the many curious trades which can only exist in large cities is that of the housebreaker, or demolisher of buildings. 1898 Daily News 22 July 6/1 The house-breaker—the man of the pick, not the jemmy—is hard at work. 1929 Times 26 Nov. 12/3 Lovers of the beauties of Oxford will hope that the elegant Observatory building..may be spared from the house-breakers. 1964 J. S. Scott Dict. Building 94 Housebreaker, a skilled man who pulls down a wall by standing on top of it and breaking pieces off below him, or by pulling a loose wall with a winch and rope, or by means of a concrete breaker. 2003 UK Newsquest Regional Press (Nexis) 5 Dec. Permanence has now no market value and buildings have become so part of what they house that in fifty years time they will be fit for nothing else than the house-breaker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1400
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