area sneak

noun

The practice of breaking into the lower floors of a house via its area to commit theft.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounarea sneak (plural area sneaks)

plural area sneaks

  1. obsoleterareThe practice of breaking into the lower floors of a house via its area to commit theft.First known use 19th c.
  2. archaichistoricalA thief who steals in this way.First known use 19th c.

    Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks.

    1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 52
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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