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Webster 1913 Edition


Filcher

Filch′er

(fĭlch′ẽr)
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Noun.
One who filches; a thief.

Webster 1828 Edition


Filcher

FILCH'ER

,
Noun.
A thief; one who is guilty of petty theft.

Definition 2024


filcher

filcher

English

Noun

filcher (plural filchers)

  1. One who filches; a thief.
    • 1820 August, O'Rourke, Daniel, “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, Sean Altman and David Yazbek (music), “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”, performed by Rockapella:
      Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize