thiefess
English
Etymology
thief + -ess
Noun
thiefess (plural thiefesses)
- 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
- 1894, Daniel Dulany Addison, Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary, page 63: