"curber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkəːbə/ [UK] Audio: En-au-curber.ogg [Australia] Forms: curbers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English curb Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English curber From curb (verb) + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|curb<pos:verb>|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English curb Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English curber [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "curber", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="curber"> From curb (verb) + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} curber (plural curbers)
  1. Someone or something which curbs.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəːbə/ [UK] Audio: En-au-curber.ogg [Australia] Forms: curbers [plural]
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  1. (historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows. Tags: historical, slang
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "curbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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              35,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 33:",
          "text": "Night was the natural time for the curber’s activities and striking up an acquaintance with a serving maid was an invaluable way of getting a window left open or learning the exact layout of the rooms in the house.",
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      ],
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        "A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows."
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        ]
      ],
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        "(historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows."
      ],
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  ],
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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}

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