filcher

English

Etymology

filch +‎ -er

Noun

filcher (plural filchers)

1. One who filches; a thief.
   • 1820 August, Daniel O'Rourke, “An Epic Poem, in Six Cantos”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 7, number 41, page 35:

     But to return — Poor Paddy had a wife,
         The very plague and torment of his soul,
     The harbinger of battle and of strife,
         And, what was worse, the filcher of his bowl ;

   • 1991, “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”, Sean Altman, David Yazbek (music), performed by Rockapella:

     Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina / She's a sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize

Further reading

• “filcher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.