second-story man
Example Sentences
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A woman catches a second-story man in her house, engages him in conversation, gives him a drink to get his fingerprints.
From Time Magazine Archive
Claude has acted for many years as a second-story man for Guissepi, and is one of the very best ice-cutters in the whole monkey business.
From Skiddoo! by Hugh McHugh
Sam was no second-story man; he worked on the ground floor in broad daylight.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Charles Dana Gibson
The draught moving through the hall stirred the portière and reminded him that the window in the trunk-room was still open, an invitation to any enterprising sneak-thief or second-story man.
From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance
"Yes, but this business doesn't make me feel like a pirate—more like a second-story man!"
From The Palace of Darkened Windows by Edmund Frederick
