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Definition of peter thief in English: peter thiefnounPlural peter thieves Australian informal A prisoner who steals from another prisoner's cell. the women discover who the peter thief is, and deal with her Example sentencesExamples - Peter thieves would risk being caught by fellow inmates and having the heavy steel doors slammed shut on their fingers.
- “You stole something from me, Peter Thief,” I yelled, “but I've come to buy it back!”
- I thought that if you were going to be a peter thief, you may as well go all out and do it in the open.
- You're a peter thief and you're a dog—I ought to knock your head off.
- The worst thing you could be was a peter thief, where you would walk into someone's cell and steal their tobacco.
- I'm not a peter thief—where d'you get the suit anyway?
- I don't like peter thieves—if I take something from somebody's cell, I make sure they're there when I take it.
- That's the sort of slang you get in prison—I did not know what a peter thief was, but I do know now.
- If you're a peter thief, you get whacked.
- Lizzie excuses herself to prepare inked notes for the peter thief.
Origin 1950s: from peter2, in the Australian sense 'a prison cell'. |