See sneaksman on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sneak", "3": "-s-", "4": "-man" }, "expansion": "sneak + -s- + -man", "name": "compound" } ], "etymology_text": "From sneak + -s- + -man.", "forms": [ { "form": "sneaksmen", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sneaksmen" }, "expansion": "sneaksman (plural sneaksmen)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English compound terms", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English nouns with irregular plurals", "English terms interfixed with -s-", "English terms with obsolete senses", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:", "text": "The “Cadgers,” again, are to the class of cheats what the “Sneaksmen” are to the thieves, the lowest of all, being the least distinguished for those characteristics which mark the other members of the same body. As the “Sneaksmen” are the least daring and expert of all the thieves, so are the “Cadgers” the least intellectual and cunning of all the cheats.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A thief who operates by stealth." ], "links": [ [ "thief", "thief" ], [ "stealth", "stealth" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(obsolete) A thief who operates by stealth." ], "tags": [ "obsolete" ] } ], "word": "sneaksman" }
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