Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
thieves
IPA transcription: [θ'ivz]
Usage examples
"They're both thieves!"
"I said a band of thieves," insisted the thief.
I am a leader of armies, not of plundering thieves."
"See, the prince is pluming himself," said one of the thieves.
"Do you really dare so much, you and the dirty thieves that follow you?
'Nor catching any thieves, nor identifying any house-breakers?' said the doctor.
Even the policemen slumbered slyly and there happened to be no prowling thieves abroad.
I think of you every day, and I just pray that those thieves are not getting ahead of you.
In thieves' slang the word "Cat" signifies a lady's muff, and "to free a cat" to steal a muff.
Or, even there, would the adage, "There must be honor among thieves," hold, when it came to permanent organization?