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

Twice a day, during the last ten days, the wiry little ferret-faced second-story man had got away with at least one can from the prison commissary.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Marshall, Edison

“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

"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

Mr. Peters, indeed, specifically described the Earl of Emsworth as an oily old second-story man.

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