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sneaksmen

sneaksmen is the plural of sneaksman.

Meaning of sneaksman

Noun

sneaksman (plural sneaksmen)

  1. (obsolete) A thief who operates by stealth.
    • 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...1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861

Questions about sneaksmen

What is sneaksmen the plural of?
Sneaksmen is the plural of sneaksman.

Words near sneaksmen in the dictionary

  1. sneaks past
  2. sneaks up
  3. sneaksbies
  4. sneaksby
  5. sneaksman
  6. sneaksmen
  7. sneaksome
  8. sneakthief
  9. sneakthieves
  10. sneaky
  11. sneaky beak

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