10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNEAK THIEF»
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A master criminal known as The Chameleon threatens to disrupt a mystery contest being held in the public library, but J.G. and the other Watchdogs are on hand to investigate.
Edmund Wallace Hildick, 1997
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Great Book of Whodunit Puzzles: Mini-Mysteries for You to Solve
3. The. Sneak. Thief. Inspector Will Ketchum was off duty. He had just arrived at
the train station to meet some friends, but their train was running an hour late. As
he strolled across the main terminal, a man with the restless eyes of a sneak thief
...
Harris, sneak thief. 25. M. A. Horneiker, sneak thief. Nov. 12. George Crutchfield (
col.), sneak thief. 12. Frank Crenshaw (col.), ex-convict. 12. Vet Williams, sneak
thief. 13. Robt. Vaughn, sneak thief. Dec. 3. Henry Solomon (alias Levi), sneak ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Rea
A petty thief : also sneak-thief, sneaking-budge, and sneaksman : j«quot. 1819,
area-sneak, and cf. ramp and rush. Hence morning -sneak = an earlv BIRD {q.v.)
; EVENING-SNEAK = a night thief ; upright SNEAK = a thief preying on potboys ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1903
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
... skylarker ; slink ; smasher ; smugger ; snabbler ; snaffle ; snaffler ; snaggler ;
snakesman ; snammer ; snap ; snapper ; snapper-up ; snatch-cly ; snatcher ;
sneak ; sneak - thief ; sneaking- budge ; sneaksman ; sneck - drawer ; sneeze-
lurker ...
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1904
Write fraudulent checks. Heat, n. — Danger in general; an investigation; a
policeman. Heavy, adj. — Involving force or violence. Heel, n. — The racket of
stealing by sneaking; one who is a sneak thief; a discredited member of the
profession.
Chic Conwell, Edwin Hardin Sutherland, 1956
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Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime
The Sneak Thief and the Housebreaker The Sneak In the end all thieves ('who do
not. perhaps regrettably. wander the streets in masks and stripy sweaters,
carrying bags marked 'St/rag') are sneak thieves. They, understandably. don't
want to ...
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Annual Report of the Various City Officers ...
July 14th, James Egan, a notorious sneak thief, was arrested by Detectives
Wirtensohn and Morrissey on а charäe of larceny. He was convicted and sent to
the workhouse for thirty sys. July 14th, Rieker Bacon was arrested by Detectives ...
Minneapolis (Minn.). City Officers, 1906
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Annual Reports of the Various City Officers of the City of ...
July 14th, James Egan, a notorious sneak thief, was arrested by Detectives
Wirtensohri and Morrissey on a charge of larceny. He was convicted and sent to
the workhouse for thirty days. July l4th,` Rieker Bacon was arrested by Detectives
...
Minneapolis (Minn.), 1906
It was easy to find the owner of the briefcase. It turned out that he had put the
case down while buying a newspaper, and in a matter of seconds it had
disappeared. The sneak thief had rehearsed his story well, in case he was
questioned, but ...
Hy Conrad, Stan Smith, Derrick Niederman, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNEAK THIEF»
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Exeter University lecturer left penniless after sneak thief neighbour …
A Chinese lecturer who came to Exeter to teach was left penniless after a neighbour broke into his flat and stole all his cash. Ilyas Sanchez knew the flat in ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
Sneak thief took advantage of heatwave
A sneak thief who used a heatwave as an opportunity to break into a woman's home has been given a final chance to stay out of jail. James McCarthy took ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
91-year-old Perth woman robbed by sneak thief
Police are appealing for information following an incident that saw the elderly pensioner targeted in the Muirton area of the city. A three figure sum of cash was ... «The Courier, Jun 15»
Tartan Army stalwart left penniless after sneak thief nicks £400 from …
Andy Redmond was in a pub in the city's famous Temple Bar when an opportunist thief took his wallet. It contained bank cards and £400 in holiday cash for a ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
Joliet Man Caught Sneak Thief Breaking Into Mom's Car, Chased …
A Joliet man caught a sneak thief while the crook was in the middle of looting his mother's car, then chased him until the cops showed up to take him into custody ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»
Sneak thief caught red handed as he searched coats
A sneak thief has been warned he may be jailed after being caught red handed inside the hallway of a stranger's home. Heroin addict James McCarthy claimed ... «Exeter Express and Echo, May 15»
Sneak thief who took laptop containing vital coursework could have …
A WOMAN has spoken of her fear that an opportunist thief – who was "off his head on drink and drugs" when he stole her laptop from her home – has also ... «Grimsby Telegraph, May 15»
Arrest after sneak thief strikes at Sevenoaks pet shop
A man has been arrested after mobile phones were stolen from a Sevenoaks shop yesterday morning. The phones are believed to have been taken from Pets ... «Sevenoaks Chronicle, Apr 15»
Don't let the sneak thief steal your vision from you
Once incurred, visual damage is mostly irreversible, and this has led to glaucoma being described as the “silent blinding disease” or the “sneak thief of sight”. «The National, Apr 15»
Glaucoma: the sneak thief of sight
Glaucoma does not make your vision blurry. That's why it's the sneak thief of sight because it has nothing to do with what's right in front of us,” said Cassidy. «Kokomo Perspective, Mar 15»
