Adam Tiler
Adam Tiler noun: a pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.
Noun
Adam Tiler (plural Adam Tilers)
- A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.
- "In the same way as I got this," showing a handful of silver, "by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler."
"I do not understand you, Billy!"
"Why, an autem diver is a pickpocket who practises in a church, and an Adam tiler his associate, who receives his booty …"1823, Tales of my Father, and my Friends, printed for T. and G. Underwood, Fleet Street, and Macredie, Skelly, and Co., Edinburgh; page 90–91 - He waved his hand. "Well, you know how these sods gas. Most likely there's nothing in it. It's a cert Gursey sank dead on the gutter at the Flat. It'd be hard to prove he was Jem's Adam Tiler."1934, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch
- "In the same way as I got this," showing a handful of silver, "by turning autem diver, or, if you like it better, my Adam tiler."
Forms of Adam Tiler
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Questions about Adam Tiler
- What does Adam Tiler mean?
- Adam Tiler means a pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.
- What part of speech is Adam Tiler?
- Adam Tiler is a noun.
- What is the plural of Adam Tiler?
- The plural of Adam Tiler is Adam Tilers.
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