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second-story man

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second-story man

–noun
a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.

Origin:
1900–05
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sec·ond-sto·ry man   (sěk'ənd-stôr'ē, -stōr'ē)
n.   Informal
A burglar adept at entering through upstairs windows.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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