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  1. www.etymonline.com › word › thiefthief | Etymology of thief by etymonline

    Mar 22, 2024 · thief (n.) Old English þeof "one who takes property from another by stealth; a robber," from Proto-Germanic *theuba- (source also of Old Frisian thiaf , Old Saxon thiof , Middle Dutch and Dutch dief , Old High German diob , German dieb , Old Norse þiofr , Gothic þiufs ), a word of uncertain origin.

    • 한국어 (Korean)

      thief 뜻: 도둑; 옛 영어에서 þeof "도둑, 강도"는 원시 게르만어의 *theuba- 에서...

    • Deutsch (German)

      thief (n.) Altenglisch þeof "Dieb, Räuber" stammt aus dem...

    • Português (Portuguese)

      No século XIII, a palavra "theft" foi emprestada do inglês...

    • Thievery

      early 13c., "acquisition or keeping of the money or personal...

    • Thicken

      c. 1500, "old or decayed tree stump" (Douglas), a provincial...

    • Thicket

      thicket. (n.) "close-set growth of shrubs, bushes, trees,...

    • Thigh

      thigh. (n.) "upper part of the leg," from above the knee to...

  2. www.historicalcrimedetective.com › criminal-slangCriminal Slang Glossary for 1890 to 1919 ...

    Fagin—Thief; a person who teaches others how to steal. Fall back —A friend; money or re-sources to use in case of need. Fall Guy —Thief who takes blame and penalty to save pals.

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  4. www.oed.com › dictionary › thief_vthief, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the verb thief is in the 1830s. OED's earliest evidence for thief is from 1836, in the writing of William Simms, poet, novelist, and historian. It is also recorded as a noun from the Old English period (pre-1150).

  5. www.oxfordreference.com › display › 10Thief - Oxford Reference

    Quick Reference. The Good Thief a traditional name for the penitent thief, St Dismas. set a thief to catch a thief proverbial saying, mid 17th century; in an epigram the Greek poet and scholar Callimachus ( c. 305– c. 240 bc) has, ‘Being a thief myself I recognized the tracks of a thief.’.

  6. blog.oup.com › 2013 › 04It is hard to stop thief - OUPblog

    Apr 3, 2013 · The main Germanic word for “thief” is old. Gothic had þiufs (spelled þiubs ), and with Gothic we are in the fourth century CE. The other related languages had similar forms, none of which resembles any non-Germanic word designating a person who steals.

  7. institutionalhistory.com › homepage › resourcesA Handy Guide to 19th Century London’s Thieves Slang

    A Handy Guide to 19th Century London’s Thieves Slang. The origins of Cant/Argot, also known as Thieves Slang, can be traced back centuries. Formed as a chimera language, a polyglot many headed beast, it takes its influences from Persia, India and even Anglo Saxon England. Famed prison chaplain J.W. Horsley, writer of ‘Jottings from Jail ...

  8. www.merriam-webster.com › wordplay › 9-bestOur Best Historical Slang Terms - Merriam-Webster

    Ganef—also styled as gonif and goniff—has been in use in English since the late 1830s. It's a Yiddish borrowing, and originally comes from the Hebrew word gannābh, meaning "thief." It may be applied to thieves of any kind.

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