hedge creeper
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)
Noun edit
hedge creeper (plural hedge creepers)
- (obsolete) A thief who hides amongst hedges and robs travellers on the road.
- 1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 12:
- Leander could no longer keep her, / Away she goes with this hedge-creeper.