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Pilferer   Listen
noun
Pilferer  n.  One who pilfers; a petty thief.






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"Pilferer" Quotes from Famous Books



... beauty, Devon's fair In Fox's favour takes a zealous part; But, oh! where'er the pilferer comes beware, She supplicates a vote, and ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, - Issue 282, November 10, 1827 • Various

... blustering voice Of red mock-righteous wrath, "Is this the way Englishmen play the pirate, Francis Drake? While thou wast dreaming of thy hero's crown— God save the mark!—thy brother, nay, thy spy, Must play the common pilferer, must convert The cargo to his uses, rob us all Of what we risked our necks to win: he wears The ransom of an emperor round his throat That might enrich us all. Who saw him wear That chain of rubies ere last night?" And Drake, "Answer him, brother;" and his ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes



Words linked to "Pilferer" :   snitcher, thief, pilfer



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