| 单词 | second-story man |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond-story man second-story man n. (also second-storey man) North American Criminals' slang a cat burglar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > cat-burglar dancer1864 portico thief1870 porch climber1883 second-story man1886 climber1900 cat burglar1907 1886 T. F. Byrnes Professional Crim. of Amer. 182 Pickpocket, burglar and second-story man. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 July 6/3 Some well-intentioned citizens see a potential second-storey man or porch-climber in everyone who is not within doors after the stroke of midnight. 1965 Malcolm X Autobiogr. 46 Hustlers..sold ‘reefers’, or had just come out of prison, or were ‘second-story men’. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends ii. iii. 169 You're nothing but a pack of second-story workers, milkbottle robbers, and doormat theives! < as lemmas |
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