friskern.
/ˈfrɪskə/, U.S. /ˈfrɪskər/ One who or that which frisks. Also slang (see frisk v. 4a), a pilferer.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicker
wantonc1450
friskera1549
a merry (or mad) grig1566
friskin1596
uptails1602
gamester1616
romp1678
romper?1780
frolicker1801
skylarker1818
larker1826
rollicker1837
larrikin1868
rompster1893
jive-ass1964
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > one who or that which
fiskerc1440
friskera1549
caperer1693
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
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a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 117 Now I am a frysker, all men doth on me looke.
1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. G ij He tells thee right, my brave Frisker.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 20 Such Fraysters and Friskers as these Lads and Lasses.
1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics Grave old plodders, gay young friskers.
1892 Star 6 Feb. 3/4 A dangerous gang of ‘till friskers’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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