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English
Etymology
From filch + -er.
Noun
filcher (plural filchers)
- One who filches; a thief.
1820 August, Daniel O'Rourke, “An Epic Poem, in Six Cantos”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 7, number 41, page 35:But to return — Poor Paddy had a wife,
The very plague and torment of his soul,
The harbinger of battle and of strife,
And, what was worse, the filcher of his bowl ;
1991, “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”, Sean Altman, David Yazbek (music), performed by Rockapella:Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize
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