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

"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

I have about as much weight in financial circles as a second-story man, and am regarded in much the same light, while you are as important as a cipher without the rim.

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline

“Besides,” he said peaceably, “I’m all dressed up pretty now, and it doesn’t look right for a respectable member of society to be pulling off second-story man stunts.”

From The Bandbox by Vance, Louis Joseph