purloiner

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The talk the original purloiner was giving his ungrateful assistant was one of the best expositions of virtue and honesty I've ever listened to.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

What can I say of Puck6—the thoroughbred—the simple-hearted—the purloiner of eggs warm from the hen—the flutterer of all manner of Volscians—the bandy-legged, dear, old, dilapidated buffer?

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

So this was the Gorgon in question, the purloiner of correspondence, to be placated if possible and defeated vi et armis in case of rebellion!

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

"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

“Read that, Ralph,” said the purloiner; oh! recreant that I was, I read it.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick