prowler
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Hopper was a lonely prowler, a connoisseur of half-deserted automats, elevated railways and women glimpsed through windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The two Sangamon County sheriff's deputies were responding to a 911 call by Massey, who had reported a "prowler" at her home in Springfield, Illinois, according to a court document.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
On the contrary, he makes her eggs and gives the prowler a jump.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
We had a costume designer very quickly build this prowler costume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
There was a half-column item in a Brooklyn paper which said that Mrs. O’Leary of Williamsburg had shot a prowler in the hallway of her home.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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