filcher

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English

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Etymology

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From filch +‎ -er.

Noun

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filcher (plural filchers)

  1. One who filches; a thief.
    • 1820 August, Daniel O'Rourke, “An Epic Poem, in Six Cantos”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 7, number 41, page 35:
      But to return — Poor Paddy had a wife,
          The very plague and torment of his soul,
      The harbinger of battle and of strife,
          And, what was worse, the filcher of his bowl ;
    • 1991, “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”, Sean Altman, David Yazbek (music), performed by Rockapella:
      Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize

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