purloiner

Example Sentences

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I have strong doubts of his being the purloiner of the sword.

From Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various

Was not the purloiner of my treasure and the wanderer the same person?

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

The purloiner nodded, and his lips twisted into a smile of triumph, as he thrust the sheet of paper into his own pocket.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.

He seemed unusually interested, as was indeed the case, for he strongly suspected that he knew who was the actual purloiner of the stolen twenty-dollar bill.

From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio

Probably she makes a better purloiner of scarabs.

From Something New by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)