Thieves' Cant. = cloyer, n.2 1. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] > and controller of young thieves (3) snap1591 Thieves' Cant. = cloyer, n.2 1. Obsolete. cloyer1602 ‘A term in the slang of the thieves of old time, for one who intruded on the profits of young sharpers, by claiming a share’ (Nares). Fagin1839 A criminal likened to the character Fagin in Dickens's novel Oliver Twist, esp. in being a trainer or leader of a gang of young thieves or… |
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