"liquor thief" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: liquor thieves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|liquor thieves}} liquor thief (plural liquor thieves)
  1. (dated) A tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung-hole. Tags: dated Synonyms: sampling thief, sampling tube, thief tube
    Sense id: en-liquor_thief-en-noun-ha4YCsZ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(dated) A tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung-hole."
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