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thiefesses

thiefesses is the plural of thiefess.

Meaning of thiefess

Noun

thiefess (plural thiefesses)

  1. A female thief.
    • The editor of the last-named paper wrote a letter to the "New York Tribune," in which he accused Lucy Larcom of being "a literary thiefess," and claimed the "stolen goods."1894, Daniel Dulany Addison, Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters, and Diary, page 63

Questions about thiefesses

What is thiefesses the plural of?
Thiefesses is the plural of thiefess.

Words near thiefesses in the dictionary

  1. thiefcraft
  2. thiefdom
  3. thiefdoms
  4. thiefed
  5. thiefess
  6. thiefesses
  7. thiefhood
  8. thiefless
  9. thieflike
  10. thiefly
  11. thiefness

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