英语词汇“sneak-thieving”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sneak-thief n.

Brit.

/ˈsniːkθiːf/

U.S.

/ˈsnikˌθif/

originally U.S. one who steals or thieves by sneaking into houses through open or unfastened doors or windows; also, a pickpocket, a snatch-thief; also attributive; hence sneak-thief vb. trans. (nonce-word); sneak-thiefery, sneak-thievery; sneak-thieving n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > by entering (unfastened) door or window

sneak-thieving1859

parlour-jumping1879

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

1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 82 Sneak~thief, a fellow who sneaks into areas, basement-doors or windows, or through front doors by means of latch-keys, and entering the various apartments, steals any thing he can carry off.

1866 Harper's Mag. Nov. 690/1 A female ‘sneak thief’ and a 'longshoreman now appear.

1877 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 58 The meanest sneak-thief that comes up..at the Tomb Court.

1884 Cent. Mag. Mar. 653/2 The offences are nearly all trivial, most of them being petty larceny and sneak-thieving.

1923 Nation 26 Dec. 743/1 The autobiography of one who has come up in the world from sneak-thiefery and gangsterdom.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 100 That is why business seems to me despicable, and most love-affairs, just sneak-thief pocket-picking of dressed-up people.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 242 The jixery perhaps never picked a man's pocket But my god, they sneak-thiefed his very genitals away from him.

1959 M. Cumberland Murmurs in Rue Morgue xix. 117 He is the sneak-thief type and the petty blackmailer.

1963 V. Gielgud Goggle-box Affair xvii. 177 Nothing else was taken, so it wasn't just sneak-thievery.

1973 E. Berckman Victorian Album 82 So there I was, practising deceit on Christabel and sneak-thievery on Mrs Rumbold.

1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 7/9 Wrexham Police to-day warned shoppers to be on the lookout for sneak thieves after a woman shopping in a chemist shop in the town had £200 stolen from her bag.

单词	sneak-thieving
释义	> as lemmas sneak-thieving sneak-thief n. Brit. /ˈsniːkθiːf/ , U.S. /ˈsnikˌθif/ originally U.S. one who steals or thieves by sneaking into houses through open or unfastened doors or windows; also, a pickpocket, a snatch-thief; also attributive; hence sneak-thief vb. trans. (nonce-word); sneak-thiefery, sneak-thievery; sneak-thieving n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > by entering (unfastened) door or window sneak-thieving1859 parlour-jumping1879 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 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 82 Sneak~thief, a fellow who sneaks into areas, basement-doors or windows, or through front doors by means of latch-keys, and entering the various apartments, steals any thing he can carry off. 1866 Harper's Mag. Nov. 690/1 A female ‘sneak thief’ and a 'longshoreman now appear. 1877 T. De W. Talmage Serm. 58 The meanest sneak-thief that comes up..at the Tomb Court. 1884 Cent. Mag. Mar. 653/2 The offences are nearly all trivial, most of them being petty larceny and sneak-thieving. 1923 Nation 26 Dec. 743/1 The autobiography of one who has come up in the world from sneak-thiefery and gangsterdom. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 100 That is why business seems to me despicable, and most love-affairs, just sneak-thief pocket-picking of dressed-up people. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 242 The jixery perhaps never picked a man's pocket But my god, they sneak-thiefed his very genitals away from him. 1959 M. Cumberland Murmurs in Rue Morgue xix. 117 He is the sneak-thief type and the petty blackmailer. 1963 V. Gielgud Goggle-box Affair xvii. 177 Nothing else was taken, so it wasn't just sneak-thievery. 1973 E. Berckman Victorian Album 82 So there I was, practising deceit on Christabel and sneak-thievery on Mrs Rumbold. 1976 Liverpool Echo 6 Dec. 7/9 Wrexham Police to-day warned shoppers to be on the lookout for sneak thieves after a woman shopping in a chemist shop in the town had £200 stolen from her bag. extracted from sneak-comb. form < as lemmas
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