Citations:burglar

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English citations of burglar

1851
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  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    Oh! most contemptible and worthy of all scorn; with slouched hat and guilty eye, skulking from his God; prowling among the shipping like a vile burglar hastening to cross the seas.
  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    But one night, under cover of darkness, and further concealed in a most cunning disguisement, a desperate burglar slid into his happy home, and robbed them all of everything.
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