How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
porch climber — noun : cat burglar, second story man * * * porch climber, Informal. a thief who gains entrance to a house by climbing a porch or veranda … Useful english dictionary
term — 1. obsolete the period of menstruation Literally, any specific period: My wife, after absence of her terms for seven weeks... (Pepys, 1660) 2.(a) imprisonment The duration need not be stated: He was a two bit porch climber… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
burglar — [n] person who steals cat burglar, crook, filcher*, housebreaker, midnighter*, owl*, picklock*, pilferer*, porch climber*, prowler, robber, safecracker, sneakthief*, thief; concept 412 … New thesaurus
thief — [n] person who steals bandit, burglar, cat burglar, cheat, clip*, criminal, crook, defalcator, embezzler, heister*, highway robber, hijacker, holdup artist, housebreaker, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, lifter*, moonlighter*, mugger, owl*,… … New thesaurus
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Clematis × jackmanii — Clematis Jackmanii Clematis × jackmanii is the first of the modern hybrid large flowered clematises of gardens. It is a climber with large violet purple blooms, still among the most familiar climbers seen in gardens. It was produced from crosses… … Wikipedia
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For One More Day — is a 2006 novel taken place during the mid 1900 s by the acclaimed sportswriter and author Mitch Albom. It opens with the novel s protagonist planning to commit suicide. His adulthood is shown to have been rife with sadness. His own daughter didn … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
