单词 | catch-cloak |
释义 | > as lemmascatch-cloak 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- a1679 T. Hobbes Dialogue Common-laws Eng. 104 in Art of Rhetoric (1681) All those unruly People called Cheaters, Cut-purses, Pick-locks, Catch-Cloaks, Coyners of false Money. 1882 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. II. i. 99/2 Catch-cloak, A highwayman, a robber. [Also in later dictionaries.] < as lemmas |
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