| 单词 | stair dancer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstair dancer stair dancer n. slang a thief who steals from open buildings; cf. dancer n. 6. ΘΚΠ 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 1958 Times 10 Feb. 4/5 ‘Stair dancer’ is..the name given by the police to the thief who walks in and out of City offices, looking for something to steal. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 235 Since he was a stair dancer, a walk-in thief, judges had been inclined to be lenient until the last occasion, when his offence had been said..to have been aggravated by his having broken a window to ‘effect an entrance’. < as lemmas |
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