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Meanings of good thief in English

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Usage of good thief in English
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You see, Lucius Malfoy has a rather good thief in his service.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
2
Fifteen years ago, but he was a good thief anyway.
The usual suspects
3
The one; and who would not rather have been the good thief than Pilate?
The Pleasures of Life
4
Then he who is a good keeper of anything is also a good thief?
The Republic
5
A good thief always plans on a return visit.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
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In his day, he was a pretty good thief.
Shadow zone
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In Brazil there is a saying: "A good thief is a dead thief."
The Guardian
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I think you'd make a good thief yourself.
Danger Signals / Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the...
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Your good thief is born to it.
The Coast of Chance
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While they were nailing Him to the cross, I was the good thief hanged by His side.'
The Red Lily — Volume 03
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Leechcraft was a no- good thief, he said.
The story of cirrus flux
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Shit, I wasn't even a good thief.
The usual suspects
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The good thief was calm, but the other was, on the contrary furious, and never ceased cursing and swearing.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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For that cross that is in Cyprus, is the cross, in the which Dismas the good thief was hanged on.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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Dismas (the good thief) was silent, but he was deeply moved at the prayer of Jesus for his enemies.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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Now that you behave as a good thief, you alsoalso learn to protect yourself from others who have your same inhabitantsity.
Renaissance
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