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
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 Vance, Louis Joseph
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 McHugh, Hugh
"Who was the pop-eyed second-story man with the bald head and the convex waistcoat who glued himself to me to-night?"
From The Coming of Bill by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
"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 Frederick, Edmund
