单词 | pilferer |
释义 | pilferern. A thief, esp. a petty thief. ΘΚΠ 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- 1350 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1926) I. 237 (MED) [Richard atte Brugge of Essex, who was a] pikere [and a] pulfrour [and not fit to belong to the mistery]. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges Index sig. G.iij Borders of England pestred with pylferers. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. xv. 245/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I [Small fairs] are oft preiudiciall to such as dwell neere hand..by pilferers that resort vnto the same. 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes 167 The poore and petty pilferers you see On wheeles, on gibbets and the gallow tree. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 168 They huff and swell, like Pilferers full of what they steal. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 90 Thieves of renown, and pilferers of fame. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Michers, thieves, pilferers. 1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 350 The whole crew of pilferers and oppressors from whom he had rescued Bengal. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. viii. 72 Originally petty pilferers, the men of Tai-o-hae now begin to force locks and attack strong-boxes. 1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vii. 71 The two untutored pilferers who sat now in their ancient domains among stolen goods. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life 67 It goes to great lengths to protect its seeds from pilferers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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