raspiñeiro

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From raspiñar (to filch) +‎ -eiro.

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Noun[edit]

raspiñeiro m (plural raspiñeiros, feminine raspiñeira, feminine plural raspiñeiras)

  1. filcher, pilferer, thief
    • 1843, anonymous author, Cambados, 1836:
      Os presentes son testigos
      d’o que suceder m’acaba
      è de com’Anton Portèla
      de raspiñèiro me trata.
      those present are witnesses
      of what has just happened to me
      and as how Antón Portela
      treat me like I am a thief

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