purloiner

Example Sentences

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But in spite of threats the bat was not brought back nor its purloiner or annexer betrayed.

From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Pears, Charles

I have strong doubts of his being the purloiner of the sword.

From Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various

You are a corrupter of youth, and an evil man, Mr. Schoolmaster, and a purloiner of letters as well.'

From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)

"No," replied the presumed purloiner seriously, "I sot it on the top of the gate-post--the high one."

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn

You owed this summary justice as well to the purloiner as to the public.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)