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Meanings of common thief in английском

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Usage of common thief in английском
1
I am a thief; you believe me to be a common thief.
The Passenger from Calais
2
The president has said he regards the businessman as a common thief.
Reuters
3
She had no illusions that this was the work of a common thief.
The Green Rust
4
With the usual luck of a common thief, I am penniless.
The Day of the Dog
5
Had he been a common thief it might have looked different to Phil.
Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
6
I trusted you, and you broke into my house like a common thief!
Wife for hire
7
The suspected common thief was arrested by French police in the town of Albi.
The Irish Times
8
I am not often mistaken, and I know she is not a common thief.
The Girl Scout Pioneers; Or, Winning the First B. C.
9
You are not a soldier, you are a common thief.
Young Captain Jack; Or, The Son of a Soldier
10
You sneaked over our stern railing like a common thief.
Provenance
11
He, John Breen, let Garry be called a common thief!
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
12
You are a common thief, for all we know.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
13
And there, and there was I, a common thief who had broken in to steal!
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
14
You don't know what I've been, a common thief.
A Little Book for Christmas
15
My people charging me with being a common thief!
The Fourth Watch
16
MR. X. I see in the mirror that you are a thief, a simple, common thief.
Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter
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Common thief through the time
Common thief across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common