stealer
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈstiːlə/
  • (GA) enPR: stēlʹər, IPA: /ˈstilɚ/
Noun

stealer (plural stealers)

  1. (mostly, in combination) One who steals; a thief.
    a child-stealer; a chicken-stealer
    • 2013, Ruth I. Johnson, Joy Sparton and the Money Mix-Up
      “You're a stealer and a robber and a swiper and a thief,” I shouted.
  2. (shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.



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