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单词 nimmer
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nimmern.

Forms: Middle English nimare, Middle English nimere, 1600s–1800s nimmer.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nim v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < nim v. + -er suffix1. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (ni·məɹ) /ˈnɪmə(r)/.
Obsolete.
A person who takes something. In later use (slang): spec. a pilferer, a petty thief. Also in extended use.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun]
mitcher?c1225
nimmera1325
pilferer1350
truffer1485
lurcher1528
picker1549
filcher1557
purloiner1557
prig1567
prigger1567
prigman1567
fingerer1575
piker1590
prag1592
nibbler1598
lurch-man1603
petty larcener1640
budge1673
catch-cloaka1679
prigster1682
sutler1699
marauder1764
snib1823
chicken thief1840
lurker1841
souvenir hunter1862
robberling1865
jackdaw1887
miker1890
frisker1892
bower-bird1926
jagoff1931
magpie1944
slockster-
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xli. 104 Alle þulke nimares, ant purueiares, ant tasturs of þe king, ne nimen noþing bote þat hoem nede bihouez.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 248 (MED) Þe glotoun and þe to moche nimere of metes makeþ of hare womben hare god.
1604 Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. Fv To the great inpouerishing of all Nimners [1608 Nimmers], Lifters, & Cutpurses.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion x. 23 These are the Nimmers who would rob me of all my moveables.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 59 This swindger at Saint Barthol's fair Where all the nimmers do repair.
a1763 J. Byrom Nimmers 70 'Twixt right and wrong how many gentle trimmers Will neither steal nor filch, but will be plaguy Nimmers!
a1845 T. Hood Trimmer's Exercise in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1906) 324 You have a sly pilfering trick, Your school-fellows call you the nimmer.
1882 T. Compton Winscombe Sketches (ed. 2) 103 The carrion crow..as a nimmer of chicken and ducklings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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