thiefess

thiefess

English

Etymology

thief +‎ -ess

Noun

thiefess (plural thiefesses)

1. a female thief.
   • 1894, Daniel Dulany Addison, Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary, page 63:

     The editor of the last-named paper wrote a letter to the "New York Tribune," in which he accused Lucy Larcom of being "a literary thiefess," and claimed the "stolen goods."

   • 1948, Millie Toole, Our Old Man: A Biographical Portrait of Joseph Toole, page 106:

     Aren't you ashamed of being a thiefess?'

   • 2005, Karlo Mila, Dream Fish Floating, Huia Publishers (ISBN 9781869694661)

     a sure sign that I like you is that I braved your breakfast table instead of slipping out like a thiefess in the night