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thievess

thievess is the alternative form 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

Forms of thievess

pluralthievesses

Questions about thievess

What is thievess the alternative form of?
Thievess is the alternative form of thiefess.

Words near thievess in the dictionary

  1. thieves in the night
  2. thieves out
  3. thieves' kitchen
  4. thieves' Latin
  5. thieves' vinegar
  6. thievess
  7. thievesses
  8. thievin'
  9. thieving
  10. thieving out
  11. thievingly

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