| 单词 | area sneak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarea sneak area sneak n. slang †(a) the practice of getting into the lower floors of a house unobserved via the area (sense 2b) in order to commit petty theft (obsolete rare); (b) a petty thief who steals in this way (now rare) (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] > steal sneakingly area sneak1819 creep1914 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who enters through unlocked door or window area sneak1819 sneaksman1819 sneak-thief1859 parlour-jumper1860 prowler1912 stair dancer1958 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 153 Area sneak, or Area slum, the practice of slipping unperceived down the areas of private houses, and robbing the lower apartments of plate or other articles. 1832 Morning Post 21 Dec. Those thieves who prowl about the metropolis called ‘area sneaks’. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lix. 584 Why wasn't I a thief, swindler, housebreaker, area sneak? 1906 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 709/2 Women whose attenuated forms and hectic cheeks bear testimony to their calling; pickpockets, garotters, area sneaks, and thieves ready to begin the labours of the day. 2008 J. D. Bennett London Confederates i. 22 ‘Snoozers’ booked a room at a hotel, then burgled the rooms of the other guests; ‘area sneaks’ called at the kitchen doors of big houses in the hope of finding something to steal. < as lemmas |
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