Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By pilfering; in a thievish manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By pilfering or petty stealing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb By means of
petty theft .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Venus liketh best when reaped in secret, and culled by fervent lovers filchingly.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Venus liketh best when reaped in secret, and culled by fervent lovers filchingly.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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But, sir, according to my judgment, you do understand both of and by yourself that here stealth signifieth nothing else, no more than in a thousand other places of Greek and Latin, old and modern writings, but the sweet fruits of amorous dalliance, which Venus liketh best when reaped in secret, and culled by fervent lovers filchingly.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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