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  • Former is a funny read about a thief-proof house; later is a very fine & shorter retelling of Henry Kuttner & C L Moore's disturbing "Vintage Season".

    MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 1 of 2) 2009

  • Which just leaves a couple of minus points for the dull tea and coffee tray Tetley's, UHT milk, packets of Nescafe and the fact that our black mirrored wardrobe conceals thief-proof hangers suspended at a height to suit visiting Harlem Globetrotters.

    Accommodation review | The Spread Eagle, Sawley, Lancashire 2011

  • So Good says the solution may be the thief-proof lunch bag.

    Kevin 'Bacon'& D.C.'s blogophere Washington Post editors 2010

  • There are thief-proof hangers (oh puh-leese) and no full-length mirror (so if I hit the bar with my dress tucked into my knickers, it won't be my fault).

    Hotel review | Town Hall, London 2010

  • If you had the money, you could hire a Mage to thief-proof your house or shop, to keep vermin out of it, to keep disease from your family, and to heal their injuries.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • It had, of course, meant taking the hilt out of its supposedly thief-proof display case and replacing the real thing with a replica.

    They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

  • Russell Monk for The Wall Street Journal Ms. McKibbon locks her bike with a new, thief-proof lock.

    Recovering a Stolen Bike 2009

  • These were meant to be thief-proof to prevent people selling them off (god knows who to) but it was my recreation in the meal-break to climb inside and scavenge for books - how I didn't get pulpled I'll never know (but it would have made a good epitaph).

    languagehat.com: BOOKSHOP MEMORIES. 2005

  • With satisfaction he locked a thief-proof steel wedge on the front wheel, and crossed the street to his real-estate office on the ground floor of the Reeves Building.

    Babbit 2004

  • If you had the money, you could hire a Mage to thief-proof your house or shop, to keep vermin out of it, to keep disease from your family, and to heal their injuries.

    The Outstretched Shadow 2003

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