单词 | portico thief |
释义 | > as lemmasportico thief portico thief n. now rare = cat burglar n. at cat n.1 Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > cat-burglar dancer1864 portico thief1870 porch climber1883 second-story man1886 climber1900 cat burglar1907 1870 Times 19 Oct. 9/5 While their houses were watched, a whole school of climbers or portico thieves were found out. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxv. 254 Cat-burglars have existed since there have been houses to climb, but until comparatively recently they were always known by the more prosaic title of Portico Thieves. < as lemmas |
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