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snow-gatherer

snow-gatherer noun: a thief who steals laundry that has been placed outside to dry.

Noun

snow-gatherer (plural snow-gatherers)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A thief who steals laundry that has been placed outside to dry.
    • […] the "snow gatherer," as the rascal who makes the thieving of linen his special study poetically styles himself; […]1867, Every Saturday, volume 3, page 356
    Synonyms:
    snow-dropper

Synonyms of snow-gatherer

  • snow-dropper

Forms of snow-gatherer

pluralsnow-gatherers

Questions about snow-gatherer

What does snow-gatherer mean?
Snow-gatherer means a thief who steals laundry that has been placed outside to dry.
What part of speech is snow-gatherer?
Snow-gatherer is a noun.
What is the plural of snow-gatherer?
The plural of snow-gatherer is snow-gatherers.

Words near snow-gatherer in the dictionary

  1. snow-eyes
  2. snow-fall
  3. snow-flake
  4. snow-flakes
  5. snow-free
  6. snow-gatherer
  7. snow-how
  8. snow-in-harvest
  9. snow-in-summer
  10. snow-job
  11. snow-jobs

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