| 单词 | prop-getter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprop-getter prop-getter n. a person who steals scarf pins, etc.; a pickpocket. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of jewellery prop-nailer1862 pennyweighter1886 prop-getter1901 prop man1935 1901 ‘J. Flynt’ World of Graft 220/2 Prop-getters, thieves who make a specialty of ‘lifting’ scarf-pins. 1908 ‘J. Flynt’ My Life xxv. 310 The real ‘dip’, ‘molll-buzzer’, ‘peter-man’, ‘prop-getter’,..looks upon the ‘paper-pipers’..in much the same manner as a bank robber regards an East Side door-mat thief. 1922 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 10 Oct. Nobody can call me..a prop-getter or a sure-thing gambler. 1931 Police Jrnl. Oct. 505 A prop getter, a thief who steals scarf-pins. < as lemmas |
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