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Meaning of second-storey man | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A thief, especially one who climbs into buildings above ground level.

US, slang

Examples

“They were appalled by his idea of making a spy service out of a scattershot collection of Wall Street brokers, Ivy League eggheads, soldiers of fortune, ad men, news men, stunt men, second-story men, and con men.”
“For a brief period in Warsaw in the 1890s, Kornblum had been forced into a life of crime, as a second-story man, and the prospect of prizing the Golem out of its current home, unsuspected, awoke wicked old memories of gaslight and stolen gems.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

second-storey worker second-story man second-stringer second-system effect second-system syndrome second-teamer

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