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单词 putter up
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putter up

English

Noun

putter up (plural putters up)

  1. (UK, slang, archaic) A person who seeks out information of use to burglars, for example by ingratiating himself with the members of a household, and in return receives payment after the burglary is committed.
    • 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant (page 353)
      The thieves never take the putter up with them, nor do they allow him to know when they intend to crack the house.
    • 1866, Good Words (page 414)
      Should the "put-up job" succeed, the putter-up comes in for his share of the criminal spoil.
  • put-up job
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