filcher
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, Old English fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, derivative of gefylce band of men; akin to folk
1250–1300; Middle English filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, Old English fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, derivative of gefylce band of men; akin to folk
Related forms
filch·er, noun
filch·ing·ly, adverb
un·filched, adjective
Synonyms
purloin, take, swipe, lift, snaffle, pinch.
purloin, take, swipe, lift, snaffle, pinch.
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filch (fɪltʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer | |
| [C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men] | |
| 'filcher | |
| —n | |
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Filcher
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| filch (fɪltʃ) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer | |
| [C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men] | |
| 'filcher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
filch
"steal," 1560s, slang, perhaps from c.1300 filchen "to snatch, take as booty," of unknown origin. Related: Filched; filching.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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filch (sth) (from (so/sth)) definition
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