单词 | pickpocketry |
释义 | pickpocketryn. The practice of picking pockets. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun] pocket-picking1662 palmistry1711 pickpocketing1742 filing-lay1743 pickpocketry1756 buzzing1819 fogle drawing1823 fogle hunting1823 pickpocketism1830 cly-faking1862 dipping1882 prat-digging1908 whizz1925 whizzing1925 1756 Monthly Rev. June 590 It is with difficulty that they are stretched to the size of a six-penny pamphlet.—O the Pick-pocketry of Booksellers! 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 238 The crime of pedantry, stupidity, jackassness, and pickpocketry [i.e. plagiarism]. 1946 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 15 Sept. d4/3 She..is greeted..by the stately Professor Aristed, master of—pickpocketry. He impresses Arlette to ‘lift’ the diamond stickpin of an ambassador. 2003 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Travel section) t1 If pickpocketry was not a transferable skill to a frontier island, neither was dilettantism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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