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filcher|ˈfɪlʃə(r), ˈfɪltʃə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who filches; a petty thief, pilferer.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 25 Purloiners and filchers, that loueth to lurke. 1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. i. xii. 39 Begins to fall upon these filchers. 1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xxxviii. 152 The Arabians are the greatest Filchers in the World. 1860J. P. Kennedy Swallow B. xxxviii. 376 A filcher of caps and napkins from a washerwoman's basket.
Hence ˈfilchery, the art or practice of a filcher.
1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wonders xv. 82 Feates of filchery and cunning conueyance. |