purloiner

Example Sentences

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“Read that, Ralph,” said the purloiner; oh! recreant that I was, I read it.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick

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

"No," replied the presumed purloiner seriously, "I sot it on the top of the gate-post--the high one."

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn

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

You owed this summary justice as well to the purloiner as to the public.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)