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second-story man

second-story man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-uh nd-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee man]
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-uh nd-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee man]

Definitions of second-story man words

  • noun second-story man a burglar who enters through an upstairs window. 1
  • noun second-story man a burglar who enters a building through an upstairs window 0
See all 2 definitions of second-story man

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Origin of second-story man

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Second-story man

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Second-story man

second-story man popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for second-story man

noun second-story man

  • cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
  • cracksman — a burglar, esp a safe-breaker
  • housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
  • yegg — a safecracker.
All 4 Synonyms of second-story man

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