filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
filcher
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a word derived from
filch.
Example Sentences
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For years, reluctant sharers only had to fend off the occasional fry filcher, or the girlfriend who virtuously passes on dessert — and then plants her fork in her companion’s creme brulee.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2015
No thimblerigging rapparee, No jobber in kidnappery No filcher I !
From Time Magazine Archive
His kneading tub and his pavin are the two misteries of his occupation and he is a filcher by his trade, but the miller is before him.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
He would meet, when need be, the grim-visaged monster of dissolution with the dignity of a stoic, but by habit disdained not to dodge the shadow with the practised agility of a filcher and scamp.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
He had not sought to follow up this adventure, and assure himself that it was indeed the daughter of Megabazus whose mysterious face had been revealed to him by Chance, the great filcher.
From King Candaules by Hearn, Lafcadio
