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Thievishness

noun
1.
Having a disposition to steal.  Synonym: larcenous.






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"Thievishness" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gaelic bard who chaunts his greatness, the faithful historian does not forget to let us know that the cup is his last, and that he is hard-pressed for the generosities of the future. So too the habitual thievishness of the highlanders is pressed upon us quite as vividly as their gallantry and superstitions. And so careful is Sir Walter to paint the petty pedantries of the Scotch traditional conservatism, that he will not spare even Charles Edward—of ...
— Sir Walter Scott - (English Men of Letters Series) • Richard H. Hutton



Words linked to "Thievishness" :   dishonesty, thievish



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