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单词 adam tiler
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Adam Tilern.

Brit. /ˌadəm ˈtʌɪlə/, U.S. /ˌædəm ˈtaɪlər/
Forms: 1600s– Adam Tiler, 1600s– Adam Tyler.
Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Adam, Tiler.
Etymology: < the male forename Adam (see Adam n.1) + the surname Tiler, apparently punningly after tiler n. 3.Compare later occurrence of Adam in slang dictionaries denoting a thief or pickpocket's accomplice, perhaps simply shortened from Adam Tiler.
cant (originally and chiefly British). Now historical.
A pickpocket's accomplice, spec. one who receives or deals with stolen money or goods.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > assistant or accomplice
stall1591
Adam Tiler1665
bulk1673
bulker1673
staller (up)1819
stickman1862
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. v. 52 Tip the Cole to Adam Tyler, Give what money you pocket pickt to the next party, presently.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Adam-tiler, a Pick-pocket's Camerade, who receives Stolen Money or Goods, and scowers off with them.
1737 N. Bailey Coll. Canting Words & Terms at Gypsies, in Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) II. Their pretended Derivation from the first Adam, is a Forgery, it being only from the first Adam Tiler.
1866 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 24 Nov. It was just as rare to see a ‘file’, ‘Adam Tyler’ or ‘bulk’ on the cars or at the ‘go-aways’ as it is now common to see the ‘clyfakers’ on every car and line of stages in the city.
1934 B. Penton Landtakers v. iii. 436 It's a cert Gursey sank dead on the gutter at the Flat. It'd be hard to prove he was Jem's Adam Tiler.
2007 S. T. Russell Under Enemy Colors vii. 70 When the Fork has relieved his victim of their valuables he immediately passes these goods to an Adam Tiler, who slips off with them.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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