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hedge creepers

hedge creepers is the plural of hedge creeper.

Meaning of hedge creeper

Noun

hedge creeper (plural hedge creepers)

  1. (obsolete) A thief who hides amongst hedges and robs travellers on the road.
    • Leander could no longer keep her, / Away she goes with this hedge-creeper.1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 12

Questions about hedge creepers

What is hedge creepers the plural of?
Hedge creepers is the plural of hedge creeper.

Words near hedge creepers in the dictionary

  1. hedge bindweeds
  2. hedge cacti
  3. hedge cactus
  4. hedge clippers
  5. hedge creeper
  6. hedge creepers
  7. Hedge End
  8. hedge fund
  9. hedge funds
  10. hedge garlic
  11. hedge in

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