Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second-storey man

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond--s-torey -man
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thief, especially one who climbs into buildings above ground level.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"They were appalled by his idea of making a spy service out of a scattershot collection of Wall Street brokers, Ivy League eggheads, soldiers of fortune, ad men, news men, stunt men, second-story men, and con men."
"For a brief period in Warsaw in the 1890s, Kornblum had been forced into a life of crime, as a second-story man, and the prospect of prizing the Golem out of its current home, unsuspected, awoke wicked old memories of gaslight and stolen gems."

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

second-storey men (plural) second-story man (alternative, US)

Synonyms

second-storey worker

Questions

What does second-storey man mean?: A thief, especially one who climbs into buildings above ground level.

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