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area sneak en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare) The practice of breaking into the lower floors of a house via its area to commit theft.
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(archaic, historical) A thief who steals in this way.
Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks.
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 52:
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