Antonyms for pilferer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pil-fer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl fər


Definition of pilferer

Origin :
  • 1540s, from pilfer (n.) "spoils, booty," c.1400, from Old French pelfre "booty, spoils" (11c.), of unknown origin, possibly related to pelf. Related: Pilfered; pilfering.
  • noun larcenist
Example sentences :
  • Dear Mr. Pilferer,—In answer to your note, I have nothing to say of any interest.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 » by Various
  • Now we've caught the pilferer, and we'll make an example of her!
  • Extract from : « Complete Short Works » by Georg Ebers
  • He was no pilferer, and scorned to carry off so mean a booty.
  • Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
  • Mercury, says he, a pilferer by trade, loves his nails too well to let them be pared.
  • Extract from : « Finger-Ring Lore » by William Jones
  • What have you done with my piece of writing paper, you pilferer?
  • Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
  • Again Theodora and I watched for the pilferer, and captured the cunning creature in the act.
  • Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
  • The whole school had gone distracted, but the pilferer was too clever to be caught.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Maids' School Days » by Katherine Stokes
  • “The pilferer grabs the dole” (sportulam furunculus captat) was a proverb.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 » by Various
  • It was not possible that this was a bad man, a stealer of children, a pilferer of old men's cupboards.
  • Extract from : « Nautilus » by Laura E. Richards
  • We are the Pilferer, price sixpence, published monthly; a reduction on taking a quantity.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 » by Various

Synonyms for pilferer

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