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THIEF - THING
THIEF - adjectives (also see THEFT)
• FLASH relating to thieves, their habits, customs, lingo, etc. ...1782 sl.
• ON THE CREEP used of a thief who is working ...1996 UK sl.
• SCANDAL-PROOF applied to a professional thief hardened or past shame ...L17 sl.
• UNPALLED said of a thief whose gang has been arrested and is thus forced to work solo ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
THIEF - adverbs
• AT THIEVES' LAW † after the manner of thieves ...Bk1908
THIEF, THIEVING - nouns
• ACADEMY 1. a gang of thieves ...Bk1921 sl.
2. a rendezvous for thieves, harlots, or gamesters
3. a thieves' school or gang ...18C Eng. sl.
• BOWMAN KEN a house occupied by thieves ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• BUZZ NAPPER'S ACADEMY a school in which young thieves are trained to the art ...Bk1890 sl.
• DARK LANTERN a thief's candle or light, made so it is possible to shut out the light when not needed ...M19 sl.
• FAKING thieving ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAMILY, THE the underworld of thieves ...L17 cant
• FAMILY PEOPLE the underworld of thieves, robbers ...L18 cant
• FAM-RUST a lack of practice at thieving, esp. pickpocketing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FLASH the lingo of thieves and their associates ...1718 sl.
• FLASH-CASE a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-CRIB a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1839 sl.
• FLASH-DRUM a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-GENTRY the swell mob or higher class of thieves ... Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-HOUSE a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1828 sl.
• FLASH-KEN a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1690 sl.
• FLASH-PANNY a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• HIGH LIVING esp. of a thief, living in a garret or cockloft, i.e. a very small room immediately above the garret ....L18 sl.
• THIEVES' LATIN the secret language or 'cant' of thieves ...1821
• TREACLE PLASTER a sticky piece of brown paper used by a thief to remove glass carefully ...1920s UK criminals' sl.
THIEF - nouns, person
• AARON the leader of a gang of thieves ...Bk1921 sl.
• ABADDON a thief turned informer ...L19 cant
• ABANDANNAD a handkerchief of bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief ..1864 cant
• ABRAM-COVE a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ABRAM-MAN a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ABRAM-MORT a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ACADEMICIAN a thief ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKMAN a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• ACKPIRATE a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKRUFF a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACK RUFFIAN a river thief ...M19 sl.
• ADAM a thief's accomplice ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-MAN a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-PIRATE a river thief ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-RUFF a river thief ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-RUFFIAN a river thief ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• ARTFUL DODGER an expert thief ...c1864 sl.
• BABY BURGLAR a young thief ...1996 Brit. sl.
• BACKER the accomplice of a woman who robs a client ...c1920 Aust. cant
• BAGGAGE-SMASHER a baggage thief ...1856 Amer. sl.
• BALATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BALL-BUSTER a thief who grabs his victim by the testicles while his accomplice takes his wallet ...20C US criminals' sl.
• BEEFEATER a cattle poacher ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BIBLIOKLEPT a book thief ...L19
• BLAGGER a robber or thief ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BLUEY-HUNTER a thief who specializes in stealing lead from the roofs of houses and other buildings ...M19 sl.
• BOGART a thief ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOMAN-PRIG a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.
• BOOSTER a shoplifter, a thief who operates in merchandise stores in day-time ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BOWMAN a thief ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• BOWMAN-PRIG a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.
• BUDGE † a sneak thief, esp. one who specializes in entering houses and taking furs, cloaks, and coats ...1673 sl.
• BULKER † a petty thief ...1673 sl.
• CABIN-CRACKER a thief breaking into a ship's cabins ...1887 nautical sl.
• CADDEE a thief's assistant ...E19 sl.
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAFFREY a thief-catcher ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CANARY a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
• CANARY-BIRD a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
• CHICKEN-LIFTER a chicken thief; thus any petty thief ...L19 US sl.
• CHICKEN SNATCHER a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHICKEN THIEF a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHOR a thief ...1997 Fiji
• CLIP ARTIST a petty thief or swindler ...1941 US sl.
• CREEP 1. a thief who operates in hotels, entering unlocked rooms as the guests sleep ...1877 UK sl.
2. a stealthy robber; a sneak thief; a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1914 sl., orig. US
• CREEPER a stealthy robber; a sneak thief; a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1906 sl., orig. US
• CROOK a dishonest person, esp. a swindler or thief ...colloq.
• DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• DAMPER-SNEAK a thief of safes ...1872 US criminals' sl.
• DANCER a cat burglar; a sneak thief ...1864 UK sl.
• DANGLER a thief ...1920s US sl.
• DEAD LURKER a thief specializing in theft from quiet or semi-dark places ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DROMEDARY a thief, esp. an incompetent or novice one ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• DRUMMER a thief who robs an unoccupied house ...1856 Brit. sl.
• EGG-SUCKER a sneak-thief ...1976 Amer. dial.
• EGG-SUCKING DOG a sneak-thief ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EVENING SNEAK a thief who works after dark ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• EVESDROPPER a burglar who lurks outside a house waiting for the chance to break in while the owners are absent; thus, a petty thief ...E18 sl.
• FAGGER a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...17C sl.
• FAGIN a leader of thieves; a person who trains young boys to be thieves ...1905 sl.
• FAKE a thief; a swindler; a charlatan; a confidence trickster ...1881 Amer. sl.
• FAKER a thief ...1841 sl.
• FAKING-BOY a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAKING KID a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FALL PARTNER one of a pair of thieves working together ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• FAMILY MAN a man who is a professional criminal or a trusted associate of criminals; a member of the criminal fraternity; a thief ...1749 sl.
• FAMILY WOMAN a female member of the criminal fraternity; a thief ...L18 sl.
• FANCY COVE a thief ...19C sl.
• FIDLAM-BEN a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIDLAM-COVE a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIDLUM-BEN a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIGGER a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...1785 sl.
• FIGURE a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...1785 sl.
• FILCH a thief ...c1770 sl.
• FILCHER a thief ...M16 sl.
• FILCHING COVE a male thief ...L17 sl.
• FILCHING MORT a female thief ...L17 sl.
• FINDER a thief, esp. in a meat-market ...c1850 cant
• FLASH-COMPANION a thief; a sharper ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-COVE a thief; a sharper ...1825
• FLASH-MAN a rogue, a thief; the landlord of a 'flash-case' ...1789 sl.
• FLY MAN an expert thief ...20C cant
• FUNK a sneak thief ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• GAFFLER a businessman; a thief ...1990s US Black sl.
• GALLOWS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLUS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GAME COVE an associate of thieves ...19C sl.
• GANEF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GEACH a thief ...1821 sl.
• GIP a thief ...1859 sl.
• GLOMMER a purse-snatcher ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GON a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GONIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GONNIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GOPHER a boy thief ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRAFTER a small-time criminal, such as a pickpocket or thief ...1866 US sl.
• GUN a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GUN MOLL an armed female thief or other criminal; the female companion of a male gunman or gangster ...1908 US sl.
• GUNNER † a thief ...1889 sl.
• GUNNIF a thief, a crook ...2000 UK sl.
• GUTTER-PROWLER a street thief; a small-time thief ...c1840 sl.
• GYP (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook ...1859 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HEALER one who hides or conceals anything; a receiver of stolen goods; a thief's confederate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEDGE-CREEPER † a vagrant; a thief; a peeping tom ...rare or obs.
• HEEL (derogatory) a sneak thief or pickpocket ...1916 US criminals' sl.
• HOLE-CREEPER a sneaking thief ...1462
• HOOK a thief or pickpocket; orig., someone who stole from a picket while the victim's attention was distracted by someone else ...1863 sl.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HOT-STUFFER a thief ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ICEMAN a diamond thief ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• JACK a mugger; a thief ...1920s US sl.
• JACKAL a steamboat thief, the thief who actually removes the booty ...19C US criminals' sl.
• JACKER a street robber, a thief ...2000s sl.
• JACK-IN-A-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• JACOB † a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder ...1712 sl.
• JANUSMUG a go-between; an intermediary between a thief and a receiver ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JERRY-SNEAK a watch thief ...Bk1896 thieves' sl.
• JILTER a thief who uses a crowbar to break in ...1863 sl.
• KAE a chatterbox; a thief or cheat; an unlucky or ill-omened person ...1866 Sc.
• KEDGER a beggar, a tramp, a loafer, a petty thief ...1835 Eng. dial.
• KEY PICKER a thief who operates in hotels, stealing keys left at the front desk for safekeeping by guests before they are retrieved by a hotel clerk ...1954 US sl.
• KIDDY a flashy young man who is usually a rake or a thief ...1778 Amer. sl., orig. criminals' usage
• KIN a thief ...18C UK criminals’ sl.
• KINK a thief, esp. an expert in stealing automobiles ...1914 Amer. sl.
• KLEPTO a kleptomaniac ...1958 sl.
• KWAY a general thief, with no real specialty ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
• LADS OF THE VILLAGE thieves ...E19 sl.
• LAND-PIRATE a highwayman; a wandering thief; a gypsy ...1609 sl.
• LARCENER one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LARCENIST a larcener ...1803
• LARCIN † one who commits larceny ...1596
• LASSONER a larcener, one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LATCH-DRAWER † one who draws or lifts the latch to enter for an unlawful purpose ...1393
• LIGHT HORSEMAN a thief operating as one of a gang on the Thames ...19C Brit. sl.
• LONE HAND a thief or criminal who works alone ...1926 US sl.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT a thief; a pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LUSH-ROLLER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1919 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-TOUCHER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1904 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-WORKER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1908 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• MACER a thief; a villain ...L19 sl.
• MAG a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen ...M19 sl.
• MAGSMAN a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen ...M19 sl.
• MEECHER a sneak, a lurking thief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDNIGHT AUTO SERVICE car thieves ...1960s Amer. sl.
• MOLL a female pickpocket or thief ...1955 US sl.
• MOLL-BUZZER a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief ...1866 Amer. sl.
• MOOCHER an unskilled beggar or petty thief; hence, a sponger ...1857 sl.
• MOONLIGHTER 1. a thief or burglar who operates at night ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
2. a cattle thief ...1950s Irish sl.
• MUSH a thief's girlfriend ...L18 US criminals' sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NABBER a thief ...1859 Amer. sl.
• NABBLER a thief ...Bk1902 Sc.
• NAP † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAPKIN-SNATCHER a thief of handkerchiefs ...19C sl.
• NAPPER † a cheat, or thief ...a1700 sl.
• NATTY-LAD a young thief or pickpocket ...1785 thieves' sl.
• NEEDLE a sharper; a thief ...1821 sl.
• NEWGATE-BIRD a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...1607 sl.
• NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...c1531 sl.
• NIBBING-CULL a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1775 sl.
• NIBBLER a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1823 sl.
• NICKER a thief, a cheat, a confidence trickster ...L17 sl.
• NICK-POT a stealer of publican's pots ...1602 sl.
• NIGHTCAP a thief who prefers to work at night ...19C sl.
• NIGHT SNEAK a thief who works after dark ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• OBSERVATIONIST one who spies out likely boot for thieves, generally a peddler, hawker, etc. ...L19 cant
• OFFICE SNEAK one who enters and steals from an office or business, as coats, umbrellas, etc.
• OLD BIRD an experienced thief ...1877 cant
• PAD BORROWER a horse thief ...L18 sl.
• PANEL a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PANEL DODGER a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PANEL-THIEF a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...1860 sl.
• PANEL WORKER a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PENNYWEIGHTER a jewellery thief ...1899 US sl.
• PICK-UP MAN someone who steals luggage ...1928 sl.
• PIKER a petty thief ...14C sl.
• PODDY DODGER one who steals unbranded cattle; a cattle rustler ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PUGGARD a thief ...17C cant
• PULLER a sneak thief ...1984 US sl.
• QUEER PRANCER a cowardly horse thief ...18C sl.
• QUEER THIEF OF THE WORLD, THE a thief, a rogue ...1896 Ireland
• RACKET MAN a thief ...c1850 sl.
• RADAR a petty thief; someone who will 'pick up anything' ...1989 Aust. sl.
• RAFFLES a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar ...19C sl.
• RAILBIRD in American casinos: a thief who steals chips from inattentive gamblers ...1985 US sl.
• RAILFIELD a thief who simply grabs shop merchandise and runs from the shop ...1960 US sl.
• RAMRAIDER one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1991 sl.
• RAMRODDER one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1990s sl.
• RANDY a thief ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• READER a small-time thief who follows postmen or delivery men to their destination, having sneaked a look at the label, then claims to be the official recipient ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• REAVER a robber, a plunderer; esp. a border thief ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIFLER a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• RIVER-RAT a riverside thief; one who robs the corpses of drowned men ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAFE in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it ...1954 US sl.
• SANDBAGGER a street robber, a 'mugger' ...L19 US sl.
• SANDMAN a footpad, a 'mugger' ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SANTAR the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout ...L16 sl.
• SATYR a professional horse thief ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• SAWNEY-HUNTER one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops ...M19 sl.
• SCALER a thief, a fraud, a swindler; in NZ, esp. one who decamps with his mates' share of the loot ...c1920 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SCAMP a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SCOW-BANKER a sneak, a thief, a rascal ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SCREWER a thief or housebreaker ...1932 sl.
• SCREWSMAN a thief or housebreaker ...1812 sl.
• SCRUMPER one who steals apples from orchards ...1946 UK sl.
• SENTER the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout ...L16 sl.
• SILKO a thug; a thief ...2000s Irish sl.
• SILK-SNATCHER 1. a thief who grabs the bonnets and hats from pedestrians ...E18 sl.
2. a thief who specialized in stealing cloaks by twitching them from the wearer's back ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• SKIN a thief ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
• SNATCHER a thief ...1965 US sl.
• SNITCHER a petty thief ...1930s sl.
• SNUDGE † a thief who first enters a house, then hides, and emerges when the coast is clear to effect the robbery ...1676 cant
• SQUAREHEAD a sham thief ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STAIR DANCER a thief who steals from open buildings ...1958 sl.
• ST. PETER'S CHILDREN petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on ...18C sl.
• ST. PETER'S SONS petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on ...18C sl.
• SUCK-EGG DOG a sneak-thief ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-BUZZER a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIP a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIVER a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DRAWER a thief who steals gentlemen's swords from their sides ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE a thief, a villain, esp. a cheat at cards ...1930s Aust. sl.
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TARTARIAN a thief ...1608 cant
• TEA-LEAF a thief ...1903 Brit. rhyming sl.
• THIEF-LOON a thief, a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER a thief, a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIER-RANGER a (Thames) river thief ...1858
• TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till ...1893
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TINNY-HUNTER a thief who robs people whose homes are burning down, while pretending to give assistance ...L18 sl.
• TOLLER a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• TOSHER a man who steals copper sheathing from ships' bottoms or from dockyard stores ...Bk1892 nautical sl.
• VAMPER a thief, especially one who frequents public-houses and picks quarrels with the wearers of rings and watches, in hopes of getting up a fight, and so enabling their 'pals' to steal the articles ...1865 sl.
• VAN DRAGGER a thief who specializes in stealing goods from the back of vans and carts ...20C sl.
• VILLAGE BUTLER 'old thieves, that would rather steal a dishclout than discontinue the practice of thieving' ...L18 sl.
• WADDIE a cattle rustler ...1897 US sl.
• WADDY a cattle rustler ...1897 US sl.
• WALKING POULTERER a rural thief who steals fowls, then hawks them from door to door ...L18 sl.
• WARP the lookout man for a team of thieves who steal by hooking objects from stalls or shop windows ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• WARPE the lookout man for a team of thieves who steal by hooking objects from stalls or shop windows ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• WHARF-RAT anyone who hangs about wharfs, looking out for an opportunity to steal from a cargo ...M19 sl. orig. US
THIEF - nouns, person, other
• DABBLER one who associates with thieves ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• DARKMAN'S BUDGE a thief's accomplice, who climbs into a house through a window and opens a door to admit the rest of the gang ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• MOLLISHER a thief's mistress; a wife ...1812 sl.
THIEF - verbs
• CHAUNT THE PLAY to expose and/or explain the ways and tricks of thieves ...c1845 cant
• CREEP to work as a sneak-thief ...1928 US sl.
• LATROCINATE † to rob, to play the thief ...1623
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PATTER FLASH to talk in thieves' lingo ...1827 sl.
• WORK THE RATTLE to operate, as a professional thief, on the trains ...c1890 UK sl.
THIEF - phrases
• HE'S SUCH AN OLD THIEF, HE'D ROB JESUS CHRIST OF HIS SHOE-STRINGS said of a notorious thief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THIEVE - verbs
• PUT UP THE DOOKS to thieve, esp. to pickpocket (dook = hand) ...M19 sl.
THIEVERY, THIEVING - adjectives
• COLOUR-BLIND given to embezzlement or other thievery ...1943 US sl.
• OUT ON THE NICK out thieving ...Bk1902 sl
THIEVING - nouns
• FAMILY the thieving fraternity ...1749 sl.
• GUNNING thieving ...1868 criminals' sl.
THIEVISH - adjectives
• BORN ON NEWGATE-STEPS of thievish origin ...Bk1902 sl.
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCATHY ravenous; mischievous; thievish ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SKADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THEFTUOUS given to theft, thievish; dishonest; furtive, secret, sneaking ...c1400 orig. Sc.
• THEFTY thievish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIEFY thievish, thieving ...1898 Sc.
• THIEVELY thievish, dishonest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THIEVISH - nouns, person
• KAE a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KAY a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• THIEF-ANIMAL a term of opprobrium for a thievish person ...1897 Sc.
• THIEF-LOON a thief, a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER a thief, a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
THIGH - nouns
• GAMMON † a leg, thigh of a person ...1756 Sc.
• GUNSACK thick, heavy female thighs ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• HAMBONE the knee or thigh ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HEAP the thigh ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SADDLE BAGS excess flesh around the upper thighs, or occasionally, a portly stomach ...1960s sl.
• THEE a dialect form of 'thigh' ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THIMBLE - nouns
• BUSHEL a tailor's thimble ...1889 US
THIN - adjectives
• ALL COCK AND RIBS LIKE A MUSTERER'S DOG said of a very thin person ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• ALL RIBS AND DICK LIKE A ROBBER'S DOG very thin ...1990s Aust. sl.
• CADAVEROUS haggard and thin ...1620
• CALICO adj. thin, attenuated, wasted ...18C colloq.
• CORPSY thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRANE-GUTTED very thin, 'herring-gutted' ...19C Eng. dial.
• EKEN lean, thin, meagre ...1908 Sc.
• FAGEY thin, poor, ill-nourished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT AS A BUGGY WHIP, AS thin; small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A HEN'S FOREHEAD, AS thin; small; meagre ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A MATCH, AS thin; small ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• FLATSIDED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANCE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER-SHANKED referring to a thin, awkward person ...19C US sl.
• GANSE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANTED thin, scrawny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANTED DOWN thin, scrawny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• HAGGED tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAGGIT tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• LARBAR lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LARRICKY tall and thin, usually without any implication of awkwardness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LATHY of a very thin person: thin like a lath ...1672
• LEAN AS A RAKE very lean, thin ...c1386
• LEAN AS A SHOTTEN HERRING very thin, emaciated ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LEANY † lean, thin, scrawny ...a1400
• LENYE † thin, slender ...1513 Sc.
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• LONG, LEAN AND LANK said of a tall, thin person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MAAGA thin ...1994 UK sl.
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed, tall and thin ...M17 sl.
• MAGA thin ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• MAUGER lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NARROW AS A DRINK OF WATER, AS of a person: excessively thin ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-ASSED having slim hips; thin, skinny ...1916-22 Amer. sl.
• NEEDLE AND PIN thin ...1930s rhyming sl.
• PEAKED thin, emaciated, as from sickness ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• POOR thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS A RAKE very thin ...1883 Eng. dial.
• RAIMSY thin, long-legged ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEBONED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAWBONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAWBONY having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...a1930 Amer. dial.
• RAWNY-BONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1868 Amer. dial.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENKY tall and too thin; lanky ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RHINY thin; lean; hungry-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIBBY thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAYLY thin, flimsy ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCALY thin, slender; light ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARCE-O-FAT thin ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SCLAFE thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Eng. dial. obs.
• SCOY thin, poor; small, insignificant ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLY adj. thin, scraggy ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGY spare, small, thin ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCRAILY thin, attenuated ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY-LOOKING thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRATTY small, insignificant, thin, puny ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLY tall, thin, and awkward ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SKINNISH thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKINNY thin ...1605 sl.
• SKINNYMALINK thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKINNY-MINNY very thin; small and thin ...1997 US sl.
• SKLEFF † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Sc.
• SKRAGGY spare, small, thin ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY-LOOKING thin, scraggy in appearance ...1891 Sc.
• SLIM-JIM thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPARERIBBED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• SUBTILE of small thickness, thin, fine ...a1425
• TEEM thin ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THIN AS A RAKE very thin, lean ...1823
• THIN AS A SHOTTEN HERRING very thin, emaciated ...1918 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS A SHOTTEN SHAD very thin, emaciated ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS VANITY very thin; said of persons, fabrics, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THINLY rather thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINNER THAN A HAYRAKE very thin ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THIRDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THIRL of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THURDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness ...1852 sl.
• YAPPY hungry-looking, thin ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
THIN, THINNESS - nouns
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
• MACILENCE * thinness, leanness ...1852
• MACILENCY * thinness, leanness ...1632
• RARENESS †* thinness; fewness, scantiness ...1588
• RENCHEL † somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRANNEL a thin, spare-looking person or animal ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SUBTILENESS † thinness, tenuity ...1398
THIN - nouns, person
• AMATON a thin bony person ...B1900 Sc.
• ANATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bang of bones' ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bang of bones' ...1834 dial.
• BACK-AND-BELLY a very thin person ...1950s W. Indies
• BACK-AND-NECK a very thin person ...20C W. Indies
• BAG OF BONES a very thin person ...B1838 Eng. sl.
• BAIGLE a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
• BALD-RIB a thin, bony person ...E17 sl.
• BANJER-SHANKS a nickname for a thin man ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BEANPOLE a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
• BEEGLE a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
• BONES a thin man ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• CAGE OF BONES a very thin person ...1860 Eng. dial.
• EDDERER a very tall, thin man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELF-SKIN † a term of contempt for a thin, slight man; a man of shrivelled and shrunken form ...1596
• FANG a tall, thin person ...1928 Sc.
• FENCE RAIL a very thin, lanky person ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GAISHON † a thin, emaciated person; a skeleton; a hobgoblin ...1808 Sc.
• GANDER-GUT one who is thin and awkward ...M19 US sl.
• HAGGY MOLL a thin, drooping, unattractive female ...1928 Amer. sl.
• HAIRPIN a thin person ...1950s US sl.
• HALBERT a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HATRACK a thin or scrawny person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KANGAROO a thin, slopes-shouldered person ...L19 sl.
• LANKY-LOO a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAMPER a tall, thin person ...1920s sl.
• LAMP-POST a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LEGS ELEVEN a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER a very thin person ...1910s sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• MACKEREL-BACK a tall, thin person ...M17 sl.
• MONKEY ON A STICK a thin man with jerky movements ...c1880 colloq.
• NATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTOMIZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTIMIZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTYMAZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• OLIVE OYL a very thin woman ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ONE OF PHARAOH'S LEAN KINE a very thin person, looking as if 'he'd run away from the bone-house' ...L16 sl.
• OTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PAIR OF TONGS a very thin person ...L19 sl.
• PICKER STICK a very thin person ...1999 Amer. dial.
• PULL-THROUGH a soldier's term for a tall, thin person ...Brit. sl.
• RACKERBONE a very thin, emaciated person or animal ...1854 Amer. sl.
• RACKLE OF BONES, A a thin, emaciated person ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACK OF BONES a very thin, emaciated person or animal ...1804 Amer. sl.
• RAFT a tall, thin person ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAG a term of contempt for anything very lean and thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAINBOW a tall, thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAKE a very thin or lean person ...1582
• RAMES a very thin person or animal ...E19 Eng. dial.
• RANDLE-TREE a tall, thin person ...1815 Sc.
• RASHER OF WIND a very thin person ...M19 sl.
• RATTLEBONES a very thin person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWBONES a very thin, bony person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE an emaciated person or animal; a very thin, bony person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• RENCHEL somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc. obs.
• RIBE a thin, lean person or animal; an animal in poor condition ...1820 Sc.
• RINEY a thin, or sickly person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SACKFU' O' LADLES a very thin or emaciated person ...1887 Sc.
• SAHARA a tall, thin person ...1946 S. African sl.
• SALLY B. a tall, thin woman ...L19 US sl.
• SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALY a tall, thinly-made person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALY BLOKE a thin man ...1930s NZ sl.
• SCARCE-O-FAT a nickname for a thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SCARCE-OF-FAT a thin or skinny person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SCARECROW an extremely thin person
• SCOW somebody or something tall, thin, and bony ...1897 Sc.
• SCRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SCRALLION a thin, scraggy man or animal ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL a thin, spare-looking person or animal ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY a thin, meagre person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAY a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SCREED a long, thin person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a thin, lank person or animal; a poor, puling creature; a shabby or oddly-dressed person; a guy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKELETON a very thin, lean, or emaciated person or animal ...1629
• SKELETONESS a very thin, lean, or emaciated woman ...1840 nonce word
• SKIN a painfully thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKIN-A-GUTS a very thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINAMELINK a thin or emaciated person ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SKINAMULINK a thin or emaciated person ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SKIN AND GRIEF a painfully thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINFLINT a very thin person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY-GUTS a very thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINNY LIZ a thin girl or woman ...1959 sl.
• SKINNYMALINK a thin person ...1911 Sc. sl.
• SKINNYMARINK a thin or emaciated person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY MERINK a thin or emaciated person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• STREAK a tall, thin person ...1941 sl., orig. Aust.
• STREAM-LINE a tall, thin man ...1917 army sl.
• STRING-BEAN a tall, thin person ...1936 US sl.
• TALL DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• TAPPIN a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THIN STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• VISION a puny, thin, emaciated person or animal; one who is wasting away ...1825 Sc.
• WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man ...L19 Irish sl.
• WEED a thin and unhealthily delicate person ...1869 sl.
• WHANG a thin, lanky person ...20C Irish sl.
• YARD OF PUMP WATER a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
THIN - verbs
• LENSE † to make thin or lean; to become thin or lean ...a1000
• POOR AWAY to grow thin ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCOY to make a thing thin or small ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
THIN - phrases
• SHE'S SO THIN YOU CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HER said of a very thin female ...1951 Amer. dial.
• STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER said of a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THING - nouns
• BINKY any little mechanical contrivance ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BIZZO an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1969 Aust. sl.
• CHAT a thing; an object ...M19 sl.
• CHETE a thing
• CHINGUS a thingumajig ...1982 Amer. sl.
• CLOBBER unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1890 Brit. sl.
• CONTRAPTION a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery ...1820s Amer. sl.
• DADDIO a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
• DADDY an unspecified object, a thing ...1990s sl.
• DADDY-O a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
• DADIO a thing, an object ...1960s US Black sl.
• DEALIE a thing, the correct name of which escapes or is not important to the speaker ...1997 US sl.
• DEALY a thing, the correct name of which escapes or is not important to the speaker ...1997 US sl.
• DICKEY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DICKIE a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DICKY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DINGBAT something whose name is not known or remembered ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DINGBATTUS something whose name is not known or remembered ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DINGDIE something whose name is not known or remembered ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DINGFOD something whose name is unknown or not remembered ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBOB something whose name is not known or readily remembered ...1923 Amer. dial.
• DINGUS a thing, the correct name of which is not important in context; a gadget ...1876 US sl.
• DINKTUM something whose name is not known or readily remembered ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITTY a new tool or contrivance; a thing, something unfamiliar ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DO-DA an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DODELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DODENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DODINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOFLICKETY a thing whose name is unknown or forgotten; any small article ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOHICKEY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOJIGGER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1927 US sl.
• DOOBOBBUS used when the name of something is unknown, forgotten, or is purposely avoided ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DOOBRY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1990 Brit. sl.
• DOODA an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DOODAB any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOODAD an unnamed or unspecified thing; a superfluous ornament ...1905 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOODAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DOODLE any gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DOODLEFLICKER any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEFLICKUS any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEGADGET any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOOFAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1945 Brit. sl.
• DOOFER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1945 Brit. sl.
• DOOFLICKER any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
• DOOFLINKUS any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOOFLOP any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1950s sl.
• DOOHICKEY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOOHICKY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOOJIGGER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1927 US sl.
• DOOLOLLY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1930s sl.
• DOOVAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DOOVER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DOOZANDAZZY something the name of which is not readily recalled ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DUDELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUFLICKERTY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DUFLICKETY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack ...1897 sl.
• FAKEALOO any thing for which a better name is lacking ...1930 Amer. dial.
• FAKELOO an object, device or contrivance of any kind ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FAKEMENT any object, whether or not uncommon; a thing; used of something the name of which escapes you ...M19 sl.
• FAKUS a thing, the name of which is not readily recalled; something without a specific name, that has been 'thrown together' or 'knocked up' ...1905 sl.
• FIRKIN a gadget ...E20 military sl.
• FLUMMADIDDLE a doodad, a thing ...1897 Amer. dial.
• FROB an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1983 US computer sl.
• FROBNITZ an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1983 US computer sl.
• GILGUY a thingamajig ...1886 Amer. nautical sl.
• GILHICKEY a thingamajig ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GILHOOLEY a thingamajig ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GISMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GIZMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GOLLIWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GOLLYWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GOOLTHRITE any small, wizened, puckered object ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GUBBINS 1. unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1925 Brit. sl.
2. a device or thing; an unnamed thing ...1944 Brit. sl.
• GUY a thing referred to, esp. something one does not know the name of ...1980 Amer. sl.
• HARDISHE † a thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HICKEY a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• HICKIE a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• HOOFENPOOFER a thing, the correct name of which is unknown or forgotten
• ICTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1856 Amer. dial.
• IKTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1862 Amer. dial.
• JIGGAMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown ...1647 sl.
• JIGGUMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown ...1640 sl.
• JIGGER a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1874 US sl.
• MAJIG a thingamajig; a gadget ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGER a thingamajig; a gadget ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGIE a thingamajig; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• ODDLINGS things of diverse sorts or sizes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS things of diverse sorts or sizes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FELLOW an object, a thing ...L19 sl.
• OLD GAL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OLD GIRL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OLE GIRL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OOJAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAH-KA-PIV an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAH-MA-FLIP an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAMAFLIP a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten ...20C sl.
• OOJAR an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJIBOO an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1918 Brit. services' sl.
• OPTRICULUM a doodad; a thingumabob ...1916 jocular Amer. dial.
• RIGAMAJIG something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RINCTUM-DO a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RINKTUM a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SCUDDER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SO-AND-SO an unspecified object ...L19 sl.
• SUCH-A-THING † a thingumbob; what's-his-name ...1756
• THANG a thing ...Amer. sl.
• THIGAMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THINGABOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMADOGER an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGAMADUDGEON an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGAMAGIG a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMAGUMMER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMAJIG an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1824 Amer. sl.
• THINGAMANANNY an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THING-A-MERRY a thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown ...1818 sl.
• THING-A-ME-TOY a word used when the name of the person or thing referred to is forgotten or unknown; a curious article, especially one of unknown use and little value; a person of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMMY a worthless person or thing ...1866 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMTIJIG a thingamajig ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1899 Amer. dial.
• THING-DOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THING-EM-A-DOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1893 Amer. dial.
• THING-EM-A-DUDGEON a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THINGEMTY-THANGEMTY a useless, trifling article; a knickknack; something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...1877 Eng. dial.
• THINGIE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1933 sl.
• THINGIMENT something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THINGING-BOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1843 Amer. dial.
• THINGM-A-DODGER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUM a thing or person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak ...1824 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMABOB an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1832 Amer. sl.
• THINGUMADING a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMADOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGUMADOOGY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1986 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIG an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1824 sl.
• THINGUMAJIGGEN a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIGGER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIGGUS a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJING a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJINGIE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAREE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMBOB an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGUMDAIRIE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1905 Sc..
• THINGUMDOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMMAGEE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMMY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1796 sl.
• THINGUMMYJIG an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1824 sl.
• THINGUMMYTIGHT an unnamed or unspecified thing ..1937 Brit. sl.
• THINGUMMYTITE an unnamed or unspecified thing ..1937 Brit. sl.
• THINGUMOBOB an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1832 sl.
• THINGUMSTICK a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMTIBOB a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...1881 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1823 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYBOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYDOOCHY a thing or person whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYJIG a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1933 sl.
• THINKUMAWHATSIS a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1968 Amer. dial.
• THINKUM-THANKUM a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• UNIT a gadget; a nameless object ...20C US sl.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VYNDABLE an article; a thing; a small morsel ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANGDOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of ...20C sl.
• WATCHAMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMACALLEM a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DAD a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DADDY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DIDDLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DINGLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DOODLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-GADGET a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-HICKEY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-JIGGER a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHACKER a gadget, a thing ...20C US sl.
• WHANGDOODLE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 Amer. sl.
• WHANGYDOODLE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 Amer. sl.
• WHASSIT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 US sl.
• WHAT-ALL anything for which one has no proper name ...20C sl.
• WHATCHAMACALLIT anything to which one cannot give a name when required ...M19 sl.
• WHATCHEEMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHATDAYACALLIT anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATDYECALL anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT-D'YE-CALL'EM anyone for whom one cannot provide the name ...L16 sl.
• WHATD'YECALLUM anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT-D'YOU-CALL-IT anything for which one has no precise name ...M19 sl.
• WHATNOT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1964 sl.
• WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHATSIT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...a1882 sl.
• WHATYERMECALLEMS anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATYERMYCALIT anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1934 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMY-DOODLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1946 Amer. dial.
• WHING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WHITFLOW an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1961 sl.
• WHOZITS a name for an object or person whose name is forgotten ...M20 US sl.
• WICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WIDGET a gadget; a small manufactured item ...E20 colloq.
• WIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WINGDOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of ...20C sl.
• WOSSNAME a thing or person whose name is not known, forgotten, etc. ...20C sl.
• YOU KNOW WHAT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...a1845 usually euphemistic
• FLASH relating to thieves, their habits, customs, lingo, etc. ...1782 sl.
• ON THE CREEP used of a thief who is working ...1996 UK sl.
• SCANDAL-PROOF applied to a professional thief hardened or past shame ...L17 sl.
• UNPALLED said of a thief whose gang has been arrested and is thus forced to work solo ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
THIEF - adverbs
• AT THIEVES' LAW † after the manner of thieves ...Bk1908
THIEF, THIEVING - nouns
• ACADEMY 1. a gang of thieves ...Bk1921 sl.
2. a rendezvous for thieves, harlots, or gamesters
3. a thieves' school or gang ...18C Eng. sl.
• BOWMAN KEN a house occupied by thieves ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• BUZZ NAPPER'S ACADEMY a school in which young thieves are trained to the art ...Bk1890 sl.
• DARK LANTERN a thief's candle or light, made so it is possible to shut out the light when not needed ...M19 sl.
• FAKING thieving ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAMILY, THE the underworld of thieves ...L17 cant
• FAMILY PEOPLE the underworld of thieves, robbers ...L18 cant
• FAM-RUST a lack of practice at thieving, esp. pickpocketing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FLASH the lingo of thieves and their associates ...1718 sl.
• FLASH-CASE a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-CRIB a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1839 sl.
• FLASH-DRUM a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-GENTRY the swell mob or higher class of thieves ... Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-HOUSE a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1828 sl.
• FLASH-KEN a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1690 sl.
• FLASH-PANNY a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• HIGH LIVING esp. of a thief, living in a garret or cockloft, i.e. a very small room immediately above the garret ....L18 sl.
• THIEVES' LATIN the secret language or 'cant' of thieves ...1821
• TREACLE PLASTER a sticky piece of brown paper used by a thief to remove glass carefully ...1920s UK criminals' sl.
THIEF - nouns, person
• AARON the leader of a gang of thieves ...Bk1921 sl.
• ABADDON a thief turned informer ...L19 cant
• ABANDANNAD a handkerchief of bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief ..1864 cant
• ABRAM-COVE a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ABRAM-MAN a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ABRAM-MORT a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ACADEMICIAN a thief ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKMAN a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• ACKPIRATE a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKRUFF a freshwater thief or pirate ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACK RUFFIAN a river thief ...M19 sl.
• ADAM a thief's accomplice ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-MAN a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-PIRATE a river thief ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-RUFF a river thief ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-RUFFIAN a river thief ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• ARTFUL DODGER an expert thief ...c1864 sl.
• BABY BURGLAR a young thief ...1996 Brit. sl.
• BACKER the accomplice of a woman who robs a client ...c1920 Aust. cant
• BAGGAGE-SMASHER a baggage thief ...1856 Amer. sl.
• BALATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a contemptible fellow ...1623
• BALL-BUSTER a thief who grabs his victim by the testicles while his accomplice takes his wallet ...20C US criminals' sl.
• BEEFEATER a cattle poacher ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BIBLIOKLEPT a book thief ...L19
• BLAGGER a robber or thief ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BLUEY-HUNTER a thief who specializes in stealing lead from the roofs of houses and other buildings ...M19 sl.
• BOGART a thief ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOMAN-PRIG a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.
• BOOSTER a shoplifter, a thief who operates in merchandise stores in day-time ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BOWMAN a thief ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• BOWMAN-PRIG a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.
• BUDGE † a sneak thief, esp. one who specializes in entering houses and taking furs, cloaks, and coats ...1673 sl.
• BULKER † a petty thief ...1673 sl.
• CABIN-CRACKER a thief breaking into a ship's cabins ...1887 nautical sl.
• CADDEE a thief's assistant ...E19 sl.
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAFFREY a thief-catcher ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CANARY a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
• CANARY-BIRD a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
• CHICKEN-LIFTER a chicken thief; thus any petty thief ...L19 US sl.
• CHICKEN SNATCHER a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHICKEN THIEF a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHOR a thief ...1997 Fiji
• CLIP ARTIST a petty thief or swindler ...1941 US sl.
• CREEP 1. a thief who operates in hotels, entering unlocked rooms as the guests sleep ...1877 UK sl.
2. a stealthy robber; a sneak thief; a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1914 sl., orig. US
• CREEPER a stealthy robber; a sneak thief; a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1906 sl., orig. US
• CROOK a dishonest person, esp. a swindler or thief ...colloq.
• DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• DAMPER-SNEAK a thief of safes ...1872 US criminals' sl.
• DANCER a cat burglar; a sneak thief ...1864 UK sl.
• DANGLER a thief ...1920s US sl.
• DEAD LURKER a thief specializing in theft from quiet or semi-dark places ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DROMEDARY a thief, esp. an incompetent or novice one ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• DRUMMER a thief who robs an unoccupied house ...1856 Brit. sl.
• EGG-SUCKER a sneak-thief ...1976 Amer. dial.
• EGG-SUCKING DOG a sneak-thief ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• EVENING SNEAK a thief who works after dark ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• EVESDROPPER a burglar who lurks outside a house waiting for the chance to break in while the owners are absent; thus, a petty thief ...E18 sl.
• FAGGER a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...17C sl.
• FAGIN a leader of thieves; a person who trains young boys to be thieves ...1905 sl.
• FAKE a thief; a swindler; a charlatan; a confidence trickster ...1881 Amer. sl.
• FAKER a thief ...1841 sl.
• FAKING-BOY a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAKING KID a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FALL PARTNER one of a pair of thieves working together ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• FAMILY MAN a man who is a professional criminal or a trusted associate of criminals; a member of the criminal fraternity; a thief ...1749 sl.
• FAMILY WOMAN a female member of the criminal fraternity; a thief ...L18 sl.
• FANCY COVE a thief ...19C sl.
• FIDLAM-BEN a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIDLAM-COVE a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIDLUM-BEN a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIGGER a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...1785 sl.
• FIGURE a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...1785 sl.
• FILCH a thief ...c1770 sl.
• FILCHER a thief ...M16 sl.
• FILCHING COVE a male thief ...L17 sl.
• FILCHING MORT a female thief ...L17 sl.
• FINDER a thief, esp. in a meat-market ...c1850 cant
• FLASH-COMPANION a thief; a sharper ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-COVE a thief; a sharper ...1825
• FLASH-MAN a rogue, a thief; the landlord of a 'flash-case' ...1789 sl.
• FLY MAN an expert thief ...20C cant
• FUNK a sneak thief ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• GAFFLER a businessman; a thief ...1990s US Black sl.
• GALLOWS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GALLUS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...L16 sl.
• GAME COVE an associate of thieves ...19C sl.
• GANEF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GEACH a thief ...1821 sl.
• GIP a thief ...1859 sl.
• GLOMMER a purse-snatcher ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GON a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GONIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GONNIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GOPHER a boy thief ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRAFTER a small-time criminal, such as a pickpocket or thief ...1866 US sl.
• GUN a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GUN MOLL an armed female thief or other criminal; the female companion of a male gunman or gangster ...1908 US sl.
• GUNNER † a thief ...1889 sl.
• GUNNIF a thief, a crook ...2000 UK sl.
• GUTTER-PROWLER a street thief; a small-time thief ...c1840 sl.
• GYP (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook ...1859 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HEALER one who hides or conceals anything; a receiver of stolen goods; a thief's confederate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEDGE-CREEPER † a vagrant; a thief; a peeping tom ...rare or obs.
• HEEL (derogatory) a sneak thief or pickpocket ...1916 US criminals' sl.
• HOLE-CREEPER a sneaking thief ...1462
• HOOK a thief or pickpocket; orig., someone who stole from a picket while the victim's attention was distracted by someone else ...1863 sl.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HOT-STUFFER a thief ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ICEMAN a diamond thief ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• JACK a mugger; a thief ...1920s US sl.
• JACKAL a steamboat thief, the thief who actually removes the booty ...19C US criminals' sl.
• JACKER a street robber, a thief ...2000s sl.
• JACK-IN-A-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• JACOB † a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder ...1712 sl.
• JANUSMUG a go-between; an intermediary between a thief and a receiver ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JERRY-SNEAK a watch thief ...Bk1896 thieves' sl.
• JILTER a thief who uses a crowbar to break in ...1863 sl.
• KAE a chatterbox; a thief or cheat; an unlucky or ill-omened person ...1866 Sc.
• KEDGER a beggar, a tramp, a loafer, a petty thief ...1835 Eng. dial.
• KEY PICKER a thief who operates in hotels, stealing keys left at the front desk for safekeeping by guests before they are retrieved by a hotel clerk ...1954 US sl.
• KIDDY a flashy young man who is usually a rake or a thief ...1778 Amer. sl., orig. criminals' usage
• KIN a thief ...18C UK criminals’ sl.
• KINK a thief, esp. an expert in stealing automobiles ...1914 Amer. sl.
• KLEPTO a kleptomaniac ...1958 sl.
• KWAY a general thief, with no real specialty ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
• LADS OF THE VILLAGE thieves ...E19 sl.
• LAND-PIRATE a highwayman; a wandering thief; a gypsy ...1609 sl.
• LARCENER one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LARCENIST a larcener ...1803
• LARCIN † one who commits larceny ...1596
• LASSONER a larcener, one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LATCH-DRAWER † one who draws or lifts the latch to enter for an unlawful purpose ...1393
• LIGHT HORSEMAN a thief operating as one of a gang on the Thames ...19C Brit. sl.
• LONE HAND a thief or criminal who works alone ...1926 US sl.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT a thief; a pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LUSH-ROLLER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1919 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-TOUCHER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1904 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-WORKER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1908 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• MACER a thief; a villain ...L19 sl.
• MAG a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen ...M19 sl.
• MAGSMAN a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen ...M19 sl.
• MEECHER a sneak, a lurking thief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDNIGHT AUTO SERVICE car thieves ...1960s Amer. sl.
• MOLL a female pickpocket or thief ...1955 US sl.
• MOLL-BUZZER a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief ...1866 Amer. sl.
• MOOCHER an unskilled beggar or petty thief; hence, a sponger ...1857 sl.
• MOONLIGHTER 1. a thief or burglar who operates at night ...L19 UK criminals' sl.
2. a cattle thief ...1950s Irish sl.
• MUSH a thief's girlfriend ...L18 US criminals' sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NABBER a thief ...1859 Amer. sl.
• NABBLER a thief ...Bk1902 Sc.
• NAP † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAPKIN-SNATCHER a thief of handkerchiefs ...19C sl.
• NAPPER † a cheat, or thief ...a1700 sl.
• NATTY-LAD a young thief or pickpocket ...1785 thieves' sl.
• NEEDLE a sharper; a thief ...1821 sl.
• NEWGATE-BIRD a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...1607 sl.
• NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...c1531 sl.
• NIBBING-CULL a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1775 sl.
• NIBBLER a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1823 sl.
• NICKER a thief, a cheat, a confidence trickster ...L17 sl.
• NICK-POT a stealer of publican's pots ...1602 sl.
• NIGHTCAP a thief who prefers to work at night ...19C sl.
• NIGHT SNEAK a thief who works after dark ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• OBSERVATIONIST one who spies out likely boot for thieves, generally a peddler, hawker, etc. ...L19 cant
• OFFICE SNEAK one who enters and steals from an office or business, as coats, umbrellas, etc.
• OLD BIRD an experienced thief ...1877 cant
• PAD BORROWER a horse thief ...L18 sl.
• PANEL a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PANEL DODGER a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PANEL-THIEF a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...1860 sl.
• PANEL WORKER a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PENNYWEIGHTER a jewellery thief ...1899 US sl.
• PICK-UP MAN someone who steals luggage ...1928 sl.
• PIKER a petty thief ...14C sl.
• PODDY DODGER one who steals unbranded cattle; a cattle rustler ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PUGGARD a thief ...17C cant
• PULLER a sneak thief ...1984 US sl.
• QUEER PRANCER a cowardly horse thief ...18C sl.
• QUEER THIEF OF THE WORLD, THE a thief, a rogue ...1896 Ireland
• RACKET MAN a thief ...c1850 sl.
• RADAR a petty thief; someone who will 'pick up anything' ...1989 Aust. sl.
• RAFFLES a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar ...19C sl.
• RAILBIRD in American casinos: a thief who steals chips from inattentive gamblers ...1985 US sl.
• RAILFIELD a thief who simply grabs shop merchandise and runs from the shop ...1960 US sl.
• RAMRAIDER one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1991 sl.
• RAMRODDER one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1990s sl.
• RANDY a thief ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• READER a small-time thief who follows postmen or delivery men to their destination, having sneaked a look at the label, then claims to be the official recipient ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• REAVER a robber, a plunderer; esp. a border thief ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIFLER a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• RIVER-RAT a riverside thief; one who robs the corpses of drowned men ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAFE in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it ...1954 US sl.
• SANDBAGGER a street robber, a 'mugger' ...L19 US sl.
• SANDMAN a footpad, a 'mugger' ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SANTAR the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout ...L16 sl.
• SATYR a professional horse thief ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• SAWNEY-HUNTER one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops ...M19 sl.
• SCALER a thief, a fraud, a swindler; in NZ, esp. one who decamps with his mates' share of the loot ...c1920 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SCAMP a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SCOW-BANKER a sneak, a thief, a rascal ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SCREWER a thief or housebreaker ...1932 sl.
• SCREWSMAN a thief or housebreaker ...1812 sl.
• SCRUMPER one who steals apples from orchards ...1946 UK sl.
• SENTER the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout ...L16 sl.
• SILKO a thug; a thief ...2000s Irish sl.
• SILK-SNATCHER 1. a thief who grabs the bonnets and hats from pedestrians ...E18 sl.
2. a thief who specialized in stealing cloaks by twitching them from the wearer's back ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• SKIN a thief ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
• SNATCHER a thief ...1965 US sl.
• SNITCHER a petty thief ...1930s sl.
• SNUDGE † a thief who first enters a house, then hides, and emerges when the coast is clear to effect the robbery ...1676 cant
• SQUAREHEAD a sham thief ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STAIR DANCER a thief who steals from open buildings ...1958 sl.
• ST. PETER'S CHILDREN petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on ...18C sl.
• ST. PETER'S SONS petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on ...18C sl.
• SUCK-EGG DOG a sneak-thief ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-BUZZER a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIP a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIVER a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DRAWER a thief who steals gentlemen's swords from their sides ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE a thief, a villain, esp. a cheat at cards ...1930s Aust. sl.
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TARTARIAN a thief ...1608 cant
• TEA-LEAF a thief ...1903 Brit. rhyming sl.
• THIEF-LOON a thief, a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER a thief, a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIER-RANGER a (Thames) river thief ...1858
• TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till ...1893
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TINNY-HUNTER a thief who robs people whose homes are burning down, while pretending to give assistance ...L18 sl.
• TOLLER a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• TOSHER a man who steals copper sheathing from ships' bottoms or from dockyard stores ...Bk1892 nautical sl.
• VAMPER a thief, especially one who frequents public-houses and picks quarrels with the wearers of rings and watches, in hopes of getting up a fight, and so enabling their 'pals' to steal the articles ...1865 sl.
• VAN DRAGGER a thief who specializes in stealing goods from the back of vans and carts ...20C sl.
• VILLAGE BUTLER 'old thieves, that would rather steal a dishclout than discontinue the practice of thieving' ...L18 sl.
• WADDIE a cattle rustler ...1897 US sl.
• WADDY a cattle rustler ...1897 US sl.
• WALKING POULTERER a rural thief who steals fowls, then hawks them from door to door ...L18 sl.
• WARP the lookout man for a team of thieves who steal by hooking objects from stalls or shop windows ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• WARPE the lookout man for a team of thieves who steal by hooking objects from stalls or shop windows ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• WHARF-RAT anyone who hangs about wharfs, looking out for an opportunity to steal from a cargo ...M19 sl. orig. US
THIEF - nouns, person, other
• DABBLER one who associates with thieves ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• DARKMAN'S BUDGE a thief's accomplice, who climbs into a house through a window and opens a door to admit the rest of the gang ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• MOLLISHER a thief's mistress; a wife ...1812 sl.
THIEF - verbs
• CHAUNT THE PLAY to expose and/or explain the ways and tricks of thieves ...c1845 cant
• CREEP to work as a sneak-thief ...1928 US sl.
• LATROCINATE † to rob, to play the thief ...1623
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PATTER FLASH to talk in thieves' lingo ...1827 sl.
• WORK THE RATTLE to operate, as a professional thief, on the trains ...c1890 UK sl.
THIEF - phrases
• HE'S SUCH AN OLD THIEF, HE'D ROB JESUS CHRIST OF HIS SHOE-STRINGS said of a notorious thief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THIEVE - verbs
• PUT UP THE DOOKS to thieve, esp. to pickpocket (dook = hand) ...M19 sl.
THIEVERY, THIEVING - adjectives
• COLOUR-BLIND given to embezzlement or other thievery ...1943 US sl.
• OUT ON THE NICK out thieving ...Bk1902 sl
THIEVING - nouns
• FAMILY the thieving fraternity ...1749 sl.
• GUNNING thieving ...1868 criminals' sl.
THIEVISH - adjectives
• BORN ON NEWGATE-STEPS of thievish origin ...Bk1902 sl.
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCATHY ravenous; mischievous; thievish ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SKADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THEFTUOUS given to theft, thievish; dishonest; furtive, secret, sneaking ...c1400 orig. Sc.
• THEFTY thievish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIEFY thievish, thieving ...1898 Sc.
• THIEVELY thievish, dishonest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THIEVISH - nouns, person
• KAE a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KAY a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• THIEF-ANIMAL a term of opprobrium for a thievish person ...1897 Sc.
• THIEF-LOON a thief, a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER a thief, a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
THIGH - nouns
• GAMMON † a leg, thigh of a person ...1756 Sc.
• GUNSACK thick, heavy female thighs ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• HAMBONE the knee or thigh ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HEAP the thigh ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SADDLE BAGS excess flesh around the upper thighs, or occasionally, a portly stomach ...1960s sl.
• THEE a dialect form of 'thigh' ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
THIMBLE - nouns
• BUSHEL a tailor's thimble ...1889 US
THIN - adjectives
• ALL COCK AND RIBS LIKE A MUSTERER'S DOG said of a very thin person ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• ALL RIBS AND DICK LIKE A ROBBER'S DOG very thin ...1990s Aust. sl.
• CADAVEROUS haggard and thin ...1620
• CALICO adj. thin, attenuated, wasted ...18C colloq.
• CORPSY thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRANE-GUTTED very thin, 'herring-gutted' ...19C Eng. dial.
• EKEN lean, thin, meagre ...1908 Sc.
• FAGEY thin, poor, ill-nourished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT AS A BUGGY WHIP, AS thin; small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A HEN'S FOREHEAD, AS thin; small; meagre ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A MATCH, AS thin; small ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• FLATSIDED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANCE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER-SHANKED referring to a thin, awkward person ...19C US sl.
• GANSE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANTED thin, scrawny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANTED DOWN thin, scrawny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• HAGGED tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAGGIT tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• LARBAR lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LARRICKY tall and thin, usually without any implication of awkwardness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LATHY of a very thin person: thin like a lath ...1672
• LEAN AS A RAKE very lean, thin ...c1386
• LEAN AS A SHOTTEN HERRING very thin, emaciated ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LEANY † lean, thin, scrawny ...a1400
• LENYE † thin, slender ...1513 Sc.
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• LONG, LEAN AND LANK said of a tall, thin person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MAAGA thin ...1994 UK sl.
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed, tall and thin ...M17 sl.
• MAGA thin ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• MAUGER lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NARROW AS A DRINK OF WATER, AS of a person: excessively thin ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-ASSED having slim hips; thin, skinny ...1916-22 Amer. sl.
• NEEDLE AND PIN thin ...1930s rhyming sl.
• PEAKED thin, emaciated, as from sickness ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• POOR thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS A RAKE very thin ...1883 Eng. dial.
• RAIMSY thin, long-legged ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEBONED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAWBONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAWBONY having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...a1930 Amer. dial.
• RAWNY-BONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1868 Amer. dial.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENKY tall and too thin; lanky ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RHINY thin; lean; hungry-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIBBY thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAYLY thin, flimsy ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCALY thin, slender; light ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARCE-O-FAT thin ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SCLAFE thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Eng. dial. obs.
• SCOY thin, poor; small, insignificant ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLY adj. thin, scraggy ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGY spare, small, thin ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCRAILY thin, attenuated ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY-LOOKING thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRATTY small, insignificant, thin, puny ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLY tall, thin, and awkward ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SKINNISH thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKINNY thin ...1605 sl.
• SKINNYMALINK thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKINNY-MINNY very thin; small and thin ...1997 US sl.
• SKLEFF † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Sc.
• SKRAGGY spare, small, thin ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY-LOOKING thin, scraggy in appearance ...1891 Sc.
• SLIM-JIM thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPARERIBBED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• SUBTILE of small thickness, thin, fine ...a1425
• TEEM thin ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THIN AS A RAKE very thin, lean ...1823
• THIN AS A SHOTTEN HERRING very thin, emaciated ...1918 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS A SHOTTEN SHAD very thin, emaciated ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS VANITY very thin; said of persons, fabrics, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THINLY rather thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINNER THAN A HAYRAKE very thin ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THIRDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THIRL of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THURDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness ...1852 sl.
• YAPPY hungry-looking, thin ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
THIN, THINNESS - nouns
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
• MACILENCE * thinness, leanness ...1852
• MACILENCY * thinness, leanness ...1632
• RARENESS †* thinness; fewness, scantiness ...1588
• RENCHEL † somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRANNEL a thin, spare-looking person or animal ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SUBTILENESS † thinness, tenuity ...1398
THIN - nouns, person
• AMATON a thin bony person ...B1900 Sc.
• ANATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bang of bones' ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bang of bones' ...1834 dial.
• BACK-AND-BELLY a very thin person ...1950s W. Indies
• BACK-AND-NECK a very thin person ...20C W. Indies
• BAG OF BONES a very thin person ...B1838 Eng. sl.
• BAIGLE a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
• BALD-RIB a thin, bony person ...E17 sl.
• BANJER-SHANKS a nickname for a thin man ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BEANPOLE a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
• BEEGLE a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
• BONES a thin man ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• CAGE OF BONES a very thin person ...1860 Eng. dial.
• EDDERER a very tall, thin man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELF-SKIN † a term of contempt for a thin, slight man; a man of shrivelled and shrunken form ...1596
• FANG a tall, thin person ...1928 Sc.
• FENCE RAIL a very thin, lanky person ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GAISHON † a thin, emaciated person; a skeleton; a hobgoblin ...1808 Sc.
• GANDER-GUT one who is thin and awkward ...M19 US sl.
• HAGGY MOLL a thin, drooping, unattractive female ...1928 Amer. sl.
• HAIRPIN a thin person ...1950s US sl.
• HALBERT a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HATRACK a thin or scrawny person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• KANGAROO a thin, slopes-shouldered person ...L19 sl.
• LANKY-LOO a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAMPER a tall, thin person ...1920s sl.
• LAMP-POST a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LEGS ELEVEN a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER a very thin person ...1910s sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• MACKEREL-BACK a tall, thin person ...M17 sl.
• MONKEY ON A STICK a thin man with jerky movements ...c1880 colloq.
• NATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTOMIZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTIMIZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTYMAZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• OLIVE OYL a very thin woman ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ONE OF PHARAOH'S LEAN KINE a very thin person, looking as if 'he'd run away from the bone-house' ...L16 sl.
• OTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PAIR OF TONGS a very thin person ...L19 sl.
• PICKER STICK a very thin person ...1999 Amer. dial.
• PULL-THROUGH a soldier's term for a tall, thin person ...Brit. sl.
• RACKERBONE a very thin, emaciated person or animal ...1854 Amer. sl.
• RACKLE OF BONES, A a thin, emaciated person ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACK OF BONES a very thin, emaciated person or animal ...1804 Amer. sl.
• RAFT a tall, thin person ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAG a term of contempt for anything very lean and thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAINBOW a tall, thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAKE a very thin or lean person ...1582
• RAMES a very thin person or animal ...E19 Eng. dial.
• RANDLE-TREE a tall, thin person ...1815 Sc.
• RASHER OF WIND a very thin person ...M19 sl.
• RATTLEBONES a very thin person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWBONES a very thin, bony person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE an emaciated person or animal; a very thin, bony person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• RENCHEL somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc. obs.
• RIBE a thin, lean person or animal; an animal in poor condition ...1820 Sc.
• RINEY a thin, or sickly person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SACKFU' O' LADLES a very thin or emaciated person ...1887 Sc.
• SAHARA a tall, thin person ...1946 S. African sl.
• SALLY B. a tall, thin woman ...L19 US sl.
• SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALY a tall, thinly-made person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALY BLOKE a thin man ...1930s NZ sl.
• SCARCE-O-FAT a nickname for a thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SCARCE-OF-FAT a thin or skinny person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SCARECROW an extremely thin person
• SCOW somebody or something tall, thin, and bony ...1897 Sc.
• SCRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SCRALLION a thin, scraggy man or animal ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL a thin, spare-looking person or animal ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY a thin, meagre person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAY a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SCREED a long, thin person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a thin, lank person or animal; a poor, puling creature; a shabby or oddly-dressed person; a guy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKELETON a very thin, lean, or emaciated person or animal ...1629
• SKELETONESS a very thin, lean, or emaciated woman ...1840 nonce word
• SKIN a painfully thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKIN-A-GUTS a very thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINAMELINK a thin or emaciated person ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SKINAMULINK a thin or emaciated person ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SKIN AND GRIEF a painfully thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINFLINT a very thin person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY-GUTS a very thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINNY LIZ a thin girl or woman ...1959 sl.
• SKINNYMALINK a thin person ...1911 Sc. sl.
• SKINNYMARINK a thin or emaciated person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY MERINK a thin or emaciated person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• STREAK a tall, thin person ...1941 sl., orig. Aust.
• STREAM-LINE a tall, thin man ...1917 army sl.
• STRING-BEAN a tall, thin person ...1936 US sl.
• TALL DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• TAPPIN a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THIN STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• VISION a puny, thin, emaciated person or animal; one who is wasting away ...1825 Sc.
• WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man ...L19 Irish sl.
• WEED a thin and unhealthily delicate person ...1869 sl.
• WHANG a thin, lanky person ...20C Irish sl.
• YARD OF PUMP WATER a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
THIN - verbs
• LENSE † to make thin or lean; to become thin or lean ...a1000
• POOR AWAY to grow thin ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCOY to make a thing thin or small ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
THIN - phrases
• SHE'S SO THIN YOU CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HER said of a very thin female ...1951 Amer. dial.
• STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER said of a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
THING - nouns
• BINKY any little mechanical contrivance ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BIZZO an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1969 Aust. sl.
• CHAT a thing; an object ...M19 sl.
• CHETE a thing
• CHINGUS a thingumajig ...1982 Amer. sl.
• CLOBBER unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1890 Brit. sl.
• CONTRAPTION a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery ...1820s Amer. sl.
• DADDIO a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
• DADDY an unspecified object, a thing ...1990s sl.
• DADDY-O a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
• DADIO a thing, an object ...1960s US Black sl.
• DEALIE a thing, the correct name of which escapes or is not important to the speaker ...1997 US sl.
• DEALY a thing, the correct name of which escapes or is not important to the speaker ...1997 US sl.
• DICKEY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DICKIE a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DICKY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DINGBAT something whose name is not known or remembered ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DINGBATTUS something whose name is not known or remembered ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DINGDIE something whose name is not known or remembered ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DINGFOD something whose name is unknown or not remembered ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBOB something whose name is not known or readily remembered ...1923 Amer. dial.
• DINGUS a thing, the correct name of which is not important in context; a gadget ...1876 US sl.
• DINKTUM something whose name is not known or readily remembered ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITTY a new tool or contrivance; a thing, something unfamiliar ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DO-DA an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DODELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DODENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DODINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOFLICKETY a thing whose name is unknown or forgotten; any small article ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOHICKEY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOJIGGER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1927 US sl.
• DOOBOBBUS used when the name of something is unknown, forgotten, or is purposely avoided ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DOOBRY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1990 Brit. sl.
• DOODA an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DOODAB any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOODAD an unnamed or unspecified thing; a superfluous ornament ...1905 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOODAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DOODLE any gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DOODLEFLICKER any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEFLICKUS any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEGADGET any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOOFAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1945 Brit. sl.
• DOOFER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1945 Brit. sl.
• DOOFLICKER any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
• DOOFLINKUS any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOOFLOP any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1950s sl.
• DOOHICKEY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOOHICKY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOOJIGGER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1927 US sl.
• DOOLOLLY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1930s sl.
• DOOVAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DOOVER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DOOZANDAZZY something the name of which is not readily recalled ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DUDELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUFLICKERTY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DUFLICKETY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack ...1897 sl.
• FAKEALOO any thing for which a better name is lacking ...1930 Amer. dial.
• FAKELOO an object, device or contrivance of any kind ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FAKEMENT any object, whether or not uncommon; a thing; used of something the name of which escapes you ...M19 sl.
• FAKUS a thing, the name of which is not readily recalled; something without a specific name, that has been 'thrown together' or 'knocked up' ...1905 sl.
• FIRKIN a gadget ...E20 military sl.
• FLUMMADIDDLE a doodad, a thing ...1897 Amer. dial.
• FROB an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1983 US computer sl.
• FROBNITZ an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1983 US computer sl.
• GILGUY a thingamajig ...1886 Amer. nautical sl.
• GILHICKEY a thingamajig ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GILHOOLEY a thingamajig ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GISMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GIZMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GOLLIWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GOLLYWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GOOLTHRITE any small, wizened, puckered object ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GUBBINS 1. unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1925 Brit. sl.
2. a device or thing; an unnamed thing ...1944 Brit. sl.
• GUY a thing referred to, esp. something one does not know the name of ...1980 Amer. sl.
• HARDISHE † a thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HICKEY a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• HICKIE a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• HOOFENPOOFER a thing, the correct name of which is unknown or forgotten
• ICTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1856 Amer. dial.
• IKTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise ...1862 Amer. dial.
• JIGGAMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown ...1647 sl.
• JIGGUMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown ...1640 sl.
• JIGGER a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1874 US sl.
• MAJIG a thingamajig; a gadget ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGER a thingamajig; a gadget ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGIE a thingamajig; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• ODDLINGS things of diverse sorts or sizes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS things of diverse sorts or sizes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FELLOW an object, a thing ...L19 sl.
• OLD GAL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OLD GIRL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OLE GIRL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OOJAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAH-KA-PIV an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAH-MA-FLIP an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAMAFLIP a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten ...20C sl.
• OOJAR an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJIBOO an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1918 Brit. services' sl.
• OPTRICULUM a doodad; a thingumabob ...1916 jocular Amer. dial.
• RIGAMAJIG something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RINCTUM-DO a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RINKTUM a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SCUDDER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SO-AND-SO an unspecified object ...L19 sl.
• SUCH-A-THING † a thingumbob; what's-his-name ...1756
• THANG a thing ...Amer. sl.
• THIGAMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THINGABOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMADOGER an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGAMADUDGEON an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGAMAGIG a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMAGUMMER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMAJIG an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1824 Amer. sl.
• THINGAMANANNY an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THING-A-MERRY a thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown ...1818 sl.
• THING-A-ME-TOY a word used when the name of the person or thing referred to is forgotten or unknown; a curious article, especially one of unknown use and little value; a person of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMMY a worthless person or thing ...1866 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMTIJIG a thingamajig ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1899 Amer. dial.
• THING-DOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THING-EM-A-DOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1893 Amer. dial.
• THING-EM-A-DUDGEON a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THINGEMTY-THANGEMTY a useless, trifling article; a knickknack; something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...1877 Eng. dial.
• THINGIE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1933 sl.
• THINGIMENT something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THINGING-BOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1843 Amer. dial.
• THINGM-A-DODGER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUM a thing or person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak ...1824 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMABOB an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1832 Amer. sl.
• THINGUMADING a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMADOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGUMADOOGY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1986 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIG an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1824 sl.
• THINGUMAJIGGEN a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIGGER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIGGUS a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJING a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJINGIE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAREE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMBOB an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGUMDAIRIE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1905 Sc..
• THINGUMDOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMMAGEE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMMY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1796 sl.
• THINGUMMYJIG an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1824 sl.
• THINGUMMYTIGHT an unnamed or unspecified thing ..1937 Brit. sl.
• THINGUMMYTITE an unnamed or unspecified thing ..1937 Brit. sl.
• THINGUMOBOB an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1832 sl.
• THINGUMSTICK a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMTIBOB a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...1881 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1823 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYBOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYDOOCHY a thing or person whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYJIG a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1933 sl.
• THINKUMAWHATSIS a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1968 Amer. dial.
• THINKUM-THANKUM a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• UNIT a gadget; a nameless object ...20C US sl.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VYNDABLE an article; a thing; a small morsel ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANGDOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of ...20C sl.
• WATCHAMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMACALLEM a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DAD a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DADDY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DIDDLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DINGLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DOODLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-GADGET a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-HICKEY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-JIGGER a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHACKER a gadget, a thing ...20C US sl.
• WHANGDOODLE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 Amer. sl.
• WHANGYDOODLE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 Amer. sl.
• WHASSIT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 US sl.
• WHAT-ALL anything for which one has no proper name ...20C sl.
• WHATCHAMACALLIT anything to which one cannot give a name when required ...M19 sl.
• WHATCHEEMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHATDAYACALLIT anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATDYECALL anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT-D'YE-CALL'EM anyone for whom one cannot provide the name ...L16 sl.
• WHATD'YECALLUM anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT-D'YOU-CALL-IT anything for which one has no precise name ...M19 sl.
• WHATNOT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1964 sl.
• WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHATSIT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...a1882 sl.
• WHATYERMECALLEMS anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATYERMYCALIT anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1934 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMY-DOODLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1946 Amer. dial.
• WHING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WHITFLOW an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1961 sl.
• WHOZITS a name for an object or person whose name is forgotten ...M20 US sl.
• WICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WIDGET a gadget; a small manufactured item ...E20 colloq.
• WIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WINGDOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of ...20C sl.
• WOSSNAME a thing or person whose name is not known, forgotten, etc. ...20C sl.
• YOU KNOW WHAT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...a1845 usually euphemistic