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THIE - THING

THIEF, THIEVING, THIEVISH - adjectives (also see THEFT)
• BORN ON NEWGATE-STEPS of thievish origin ...Bk1902 sl.
• COLOUR-BLIND given to embezzlement or other thievery ...1943 US sl.
• FLASH relating to thieves, their habits, customs, lingo, etc. ...1782 sl.
• FURACIOUS inclined to steal; given to theft; thievish, pilfering ...1676 humorous
• FURTIVE thievish, pilfering ...1816
• FURTUOSE †* much given to theft or stealing ...1727
• LIGHT-FINGERED inclined to thievery ...1547 
• LONG-FINGERED thievish, given to stealing ...1915 Amer. dial.
• ON THE CREEP used of a thief who is working ...1996 UK sl.
• OUT ON THE NICK out thieving ...Bk1902 sl
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCANDAL-PROOF applied to a professional thief hardened or past shame ...L17 sl.
• SCATHY ravenous; mischievous; thievish ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SKADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• TARRY thievish, inclined to steal ...1822
• TARRY-FINGERED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1825
• TARRY-FISTED thievish, inclined to steal, dishonest ...1906
• THEFTUOUS given to theft, thievish; dishonest; furtive, secret, sneaking ...c1400 orig. Sc.
• THEFTY thievish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THIEFY thievish, thieving ...1898 Sc.
• THIEVELY thievish, dishonest ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNPALLED said of a thief whose gang has been arrested and is thus forced to work solo ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
thief, thieving, thievish - adverbs
• AT THIEVES' LAW † after the manner of thieves ...Bk1908
thief, thieving, thievish - nouns 
• ACADEMY 1. a gang of thieves ...Bk1921 sl.
2. a rendezvous for thieves, harlots, or gamesters
3. a thieves' school or gang ...18C Eng. sl.
• BOWMAN KEN a house occupied by thieves ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• BUZZ NAPPER'S ACADEMY a school in which young thieves are trained to the art ...Bk1890 sl.
• DARK LANTERN a thief's candle or light, made so it is possible to shut out the light when not needed ...M19 sl.
• FAKING thieving ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAMILY the thieving fraternity ...1749 sl.
• FAMILY, THE the underworld of thieves ...L17 cant
• FAMILY PEOPLE the underworld of thieves, robbers ...L18 cant
• FAM-RUST a lack of practice at thieving, esp. pickpocketing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FLASH the lingo of thieves and their associates ...1718 sl.
• FLASH-CASE a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-CRIB a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1839 sl.
• FLASH-DRUM a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-GENTRY the swell mob or higher class of thieves ... Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-HOUSE a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1828 sl.
• FLASH-KEN a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...1690 sl.
• FLASH-PANNY a house frequented by thieves, as a tavern, lodging-house, fence ...Bk1893 sl.
• GUNNING thieving ...1868 criminals' sl.
• HIGH LIVING esp. of a thief, living in a garret or cockloft, i.e. a very small room immediately above the garret ....L18 sl.
• THIEVES' LATIN the secret language or 'cant' of thieves ...1821
• TREACLE PLASTER a sticky piece of brown paper used by a thief to remove glass carefully ...1920s UK criminals' sl.
thief, thieving, thievish - person (also see PICKPOCKET, ROBBER)
• AARON the leader of a gang of thieves ...Bk1921 sl.
• ABACTER, ABACTOR † one that feloniously drives away or steals a herd or numbers of cattle at once, in distinction from one who steals a single beast or two ...1659
• ABADDON a treacherous thief; one who turns informer against his fellow-rogues ...1810 criminals' sl.
• ABANDANA † a petty thief, esp. one who pickpockets bandannas ...1930 criminals' sl. 
• ABANDANAAD a handkerchief or bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief ...Bk1909 thieves' sl.
• ABANDANAD a thief ...Bk1909 thieves' sl. 
• ABANDANNAD a handkerchief of bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief ..1864 cant
• ABAPTIST a thief ...19C sl.
• ABIGEUS a thief who has stolen cattle; an abactor ...Bk1775
• ABIGEVUS a thief who has stolen many cattle ...Bk1726
• ABRAHAM COVE a mean, beggarly, despised thief, or sneak ...Bk1892 thieves' sl.
• ABRAM-COVE a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ABRAM-MAN a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...a1790 UK sl.
• ABRAM-MORT a thief specializing in pocketbooks ...L18 sl.
• ACADEMICIAN a thief ...Bk1921 sl.
• ACKMAN a sailors name for a freshwater thief, or one who steals on navigable rivers ..1823 UK criminals' sl.
• ACK-PIRATE a sailor’s term for a freshwater thief, or one who steals on navigable rivers ...Bk1883
• ACK-RIFF a freshwater thief ...1900 criminals' sl.
• ACKRUFF † a river thief who robs and kills victims ...1900 criminals' sl.
• ACK RUFFIAN † a thief who operates along the river ...1900 criminals' sl.
• ACQUISITIVE COVE a thief ...Bk1904 sl.
• ADAM a thief's accomplice ...1696 UK criminals' sl.
• ADAM FILER a thief ...Bk1909 sl.
• ANGLER * a thief who uses a hook attached to a long rod to steal from otherwise inaccessible places; also, a pickpocket ...1567
• AREA SNEAK * a petty thief who gets into the lower floors of a house unobserved in order to commit petty theft ...1832 sl.
• ARK-MAN a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic ...E18 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-PIRATE a river thief ...L18 UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-RUFF a river thief ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• ARK-RUFFIAN a river thief ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• ARTFUL DODGER an expert thief ...c1864 sl.
• BABE a thief ...19C
• BABY BURGLAR a young thief ...1996 Brit. sl.
• BACKER the accomplice of a woman who robs a client ...c1920 Aust. cant
• BACK-JUMPER a thief who enters houses via a back door or window ...L19 sl.
• BACKSTALL 1. a member of a garrotting gang who keeps watch and provides physical assistance to the actual garrotter if necessary ...1863 UK criminals' sl.
2. a thief's accomplice one who screens him from view, often the one who flees with the loot ...a1904 UK criminals' sl.
• BADGER 1. a thief who specializes in robbery on the riverbank, after which he murders the victim and disposes of the corpse in the water ...1725 UK criminals' sl.
2. a thief or blackmailer whose speciality is the badger game (a racket where a prostitute's accomplice steals from or blackmails her customer, usually by posing as her wronged husband) ...1858  criminals' sl.
• BADGER WORKER a blackmailer who plays the badger game ...Bk1945 criminals' sl. 
• BAGGAGE SMASHER one who steals unguarded luggage from railway stations; a baggage thief ...1841 sl.
• BAGGER a thief who specializes in stealing rings ...1909 sl.
• BAGMAN a sneak-thief ...1865 Aust. criminals' sl.
• BAG-SNATCHER a thief who snatches bags ...1908
• BAG-THIEF a thief who specializes in stealing rings ...1909 sl.
• BALATRON, BALLATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a  contemptible fellow ...1623
• BALDOVER a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
• BALL-BUSTER a thief who grabs his victim by the testicles while his accomplice takes his wallet ...1989 US criminals' sl.
• BANDIT a derisory term for the small-time or unsuccessful thief ...Bk2002 UK police sl.
• BANK SNEAK 1. one of a gang of thieves who rob banks by stealth during business hours ...1872 US criminals' sl.
2. a sneak thief who steals bonds or securities from banks ...1872 police & criminals' sl.
• BARABAS a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
• BARBER a thief...1945 Aust. criminals' sl.
• BASEMAN the member of a gang of thieves who is adept at finding the least risky position for himself ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• BASH BOY the member of a smash-and-grab gang who actually breaks the shop window ...1935 UK criminals' sl.
• BASHER the member of a smash-and-grab team who breaks the shop window ...1941 UK criminals' sl.
• BASTER a house thief ...1881 Aust. & US sl.
• BEACHCOMBER a waterfront thief ...1890 criminals' sl.
• BEAKER-HAULER a poultry thief, who hawks booty from door to door ...Bk1891 sl.
• BEAKER-HUNTER a poultry thief ...1839 sl.
• BEAK-HUNTER a poultry thief ...1860 sl.
• BEEFEATER a cattle poacher ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BENDER a thief, a cheat ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• BENJAMIN an overcoat thief ...1919 US sl.
• BEST HOLD CANNON (derogatory) an amateur thief ...1920 criminals' sl. 
• BIBLIOKLEPT a book thief ...1881
• BIBLIOKLEPTOMANIAC a book thief regarded as insane ...1881
• BILK a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
• BILKER a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
• BILLY BUZMAN a thief or pickpocket who confines his attention exclusively to silk handkerchiefs ...1888 UK thieves' sl.
• BIPPER a thief who breaks into and robs houses while the occupants are asleep ...1966 US sl.
• BIRDLIME a thief; one to whom other people's property sticks ...1705 UK sl.
• BITE a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
• BITER a thief ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• BITER OF PETERS one who specializes in stealing trunks and boxes from the back of stagecoaches or carts ...c1698 UK criminals' sl.
• BLACK CAP † the member of a gang of thieves who slyly elicits information from household servants about the household where they work and passes it on; he usually does not take part in the crime itself but receives his cut for supplying the information ..1899 UK criminals' sl.
• BLACK CAP AND WHITE SHEEP † the member of a gang of thieves who slyly elicits information from household servants about the household where they work and passes it on; he usually does not take part in the crime itself but receives his cut for supplying the information ..1920 criminals' sl.
• BLACKLEG a thief ...Bk1891 sk,
• BLAGGER one who blags, or robs, esp. a bank robber; a thief ...1938 sl.
• BLUEY-HUNTER a thief who specializes in stealing lead from the roofs of houses and other buildings ...M19 sl.
• BOGART a thief ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOMAN-PRIG a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.
• BOOSTER a shoplifter, a thief who operates in merchandise stores in day-time ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• BOWERBIRD a compulsive hoarder; a person who collects ornaments, odds and ends, etc.; a petty thief ...1926
• BOWMAN a thief ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• BOWMAN-PRIG a first-rate thief ...E18 sl.
• BUDGE † a sneak thief, esp. one who specializes in entering houses and taking furs, cloaks, and coats ...1673 sl.
• BULKER † a petty thief ...1673 sl.
• CABIN-CRACKER a thief breaking into a ship's cabins ...1887 nautical sl.
• CADDEE a thief's assistant ...E19 sl.
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAFFREY a thief-catcher ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CANARY a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
• CANARY-BIRD a thief's female accomplice ...M19 sl.
• CHICKEN-LIFTER a chicken thief; thus any petty thief ...L19 US sl.
• CHICKEN SNATCHER a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHICKEN THIEF a petty thief ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHOR a thief ...1997 Fiji
• CLINK-RIGGER one who steals tankards from taverns ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CLIP ARTIST a petty thief or swindler ...1941 US sl.
• CREEP 1. a thief who operates in hotels, entering unlocked rooms as the guests sleep ...1877 UK sl.
2. a stealthy robber; a sneak thief; a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1914 sl., orig. US
• CREEPER a stealthy robber; a sneak thief; a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious ...1906 sl., orig. US
• CROOK a dishonest person, esp. a swindler or thief ...colloq.
• CROOKED MAN a thief; a burglar ...1899 US tramps' sl.
• CROW one who keeps watch while another steals ...1862 thieves' sl.
• CUTPURSE one who steals by the method of cutting purses, a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles; hence, a pickpocket, a thief, a robber ...1362
• DAME BUZZER a pickpocket or thief whose victims are mainly women ...1935 sl.
• DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers ...1904 US criminals' sl.
• DAMPER-SNEAK a thief of safes ...1872 US criminals' sl.
• DANCER a cat burglar; a sneak thief ...1864 UK sl.
• DANGLER a thief ...1920s US sl.
• DEAD LURKER a thief specializing in theft from quiet or semi-dark places ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DROMEDARY a thief, esp. an incompetent or novice one ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• DRUMMER a thief who robs an unoccupied house ...1856 Brit. sl.
• DUNAKER † a cattle thief ...1668 cant
• EGG-SUCKER a sneak-thief ...1976 Amer. dial.
• EGG-SUCKING DOG a sneak-thief ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• ELEVATOR a hold-up man; a thief ...1914 US criminals' sl.
• EVENING SNEAK a thief who works after dark ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• EVESDROPPER a burglar who lurks outside a house waiting for the chance to break in while the owners are absent; thus, a petty thief ...E18 sl.
• FACER a thief ...Bk1891 sl.
• FAGGER a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...17C sl.
• FAGIN a leader of thieves; a person who trains young boys to be thieves ...1905 sl.
• FAKE a thief; a swindler; a charlatan; a confidence trickster ...1881 Amer. sl.
• FAKER a thief ...1841 sl.
• FAKING-BOY a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FAKING KID a thief ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• FALL PARTNER one of a pair of thieves working together ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• FAMILY MAN a man who is a professional criminal or a trusted associate of criminals; a member of the criminal fraternity; a thief ...1749 sl.
• FAMILY WOMAN a female member of the criminal fraternity; a thief ...L18 sl.
• FANCY COVE a thief ...19C sl.
• FIDLAM-BEN a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIDLAM-COVE a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIDLUM-BEN a petty thief; one who will grab anything, irrespective of its value ...L18 UK crimnals’ sl.
• FIGGER, FIGURE a boy thief that, entering by a window, opens the door to his confederates or even hands the booty out to them ...1785 sl.
• FILCH a thief ...c1770 sl.
• FILCHER a thief ...M16 sl.
• FILCHING COVE a male thief ...L17 sl.
• FILCHING MORT a female thief ...L17 sl.
• FINDER a thief, esp. in a meat-market ...c1850 cant
• FLASH-COMPANION a thief; a sharper ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLASH-COVE a thief; a sharper ...1825
• FLASH-MAN a rogue, a thief; the landlord of a 'flash-case' ...1789 sl.
• FLY MAN an expert thief ...20C cant
• FRISKER a pickpocket, a petty thief ...1802 criminals' sl.
• FUNK a sneak thief  ...1920s US tramps' sl.
• FUNKER a petty or unskilful thief ...1797 criminals' sl.
• FUR-TRAPPER a fur thief ...1954 US police sl.
• GAFFLER a business person; a thief ...2002 US Black sl.
• GALLEY-SHOVER a till-thief ...1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• GALLOWS a thief or pickpocket, or one who associates with them ...c1595 UK sl.
• GALLOWS-BIRD a thief or pickpocket, or one who associates with them ...c1786 UK sl.
• GALLOWS-FACE a thief or pickpocket, or one who associates with them ...1725 UK sl.
• GALLUS a thief or pickpocket or one who associates with them ...c1595 sl. 
• GAME COVE an associate of thieves ...19C sl.
• GAMMON † a thief's or pickpocket's accomplice who jostles the prospective victim that the actual thief can possess easily of his booty; a shoplifter's accomplice ...1717 sl. & colloq.
• GAMMONER † a thief's or pickpocket's accomplice who distracts the victim while a crime is committed ...1795 sl. & colloq.
• GANEF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GANEV a thief, a crook; an amateur pickpocket ...1839 criminals' sl.
• GANK ARTIST a thief ...2012 US Black & criminals' sl.
• GANKER a thief ...1987 US Black sl.
• GANOF a thief, swindler, gangster, or pickpocket ...1839 criminals' sl.
• GANOV a thief, a crook; an amateur pickpocket ...1839 criminals' sl.
• GARRETEER a thief who crawls over house-tops and breaks in through garret windows ...Bk1864 UK criminals' sl.
• GARRETER a thief who crawls over house-tops and breaks in through garret windows ...Bk1864 UK criminals' sl.
• GAS METER BANDIT a derisory term for a small-time thief; stealing from gas meters is considered a petty crime ...1968 criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT a thief who only works when he needs money ...1926 US criminals' sl.
• GAZLON a small-time thief, possible a timid one ...1977 UK criminals' sl.
• GEACH, GEICH † a thief ...1821 Sc. thieves' sl.
• GEISTER an extra thief ...1798 US criminals' sl.
• GENNAUF a thief, swindler, gangster, or pickpocket ...1839 criminals' sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF THE SCAMP a highwayman; a thief ...c1786 UK sl.
• GETABIT a thief ...1900 UK sl.
• GETAWAY the member of a gang of thieves who carries off the stolen goods ...1926 criminals' sl.
• GETTER 1. a thief ...1512 criminals' sl.
2. one who steals cheques ...1920 UK criminals' sl.
3. a criminal who steals letters for forgery gangs ...1941 UK criminals' sl.
• GIBBET-THIEF a thief who is hanged on a gibbet (a gallows) ...1700
• GILT † a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief ...1620 sl.
• GILT DUBBER a burglar or thief who is artful at picking locks ...1785 criminals' sl.
• GILTER †* a person who picks locks; a burglar or thief; a housebreaker who uses a skeleton key ...1663 sl.
• GIP a thief ...1853 sl.
• GLAMMER a thief ...1925 US sl.
• GLASIER a thief who breaks into houses after removing an accessible window, or into shops by smashing the shop window ...1661 UK criminals' sl.
• GLAUMER a thief ...1925 US sl.
• GLAZIER 1. † one who burgles houses by entering through a window; a thief who breaks into shops by smashing the shop window ...1661 UK criminals' sl.
2. † one who smashes showcases and steals their contents ...1785 criminals' sl.
• GLAZYER a thief who breaks into houses after removing an accessible window, or into shops by smashing the shop window ...1661 UK criminals' sl.
• GLEANER a thief ...1841 UK sl.
• GLIMMERER 1. a person, usually a woman, who gains entry to a house on the pretext of getting a light for the fire and, while inside, steals whatever she can ...1665 UK sl.
2. one who deliberately sets fire to a house, hoping to take advantage of the confusion in order to steal ...1688 UK sl.
• GLOMMER a purse-snatcher ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GON a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GONIF, GONNIF a thief, a crook ...1839 UK sl.
• GOPHER a boy thief ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GRABBER a thief ...1846 US criminals' & police sl.
• GRAFTER a small-time criminal, such as a pickpocket or thief ...1866 US sl.
• GUN a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket ...1858 Amer. sl.
• GUN MOLL an armed female thief or other criminal; the female companion of a male gunman or gangster ...1908 US sl.
• GUNNER † a thief ...1889 sl.
• GUNNIF a thief, a crook ...2000 UK sl.
• GUNSMITH a thief ...1869 sl.
• GUTTER-PROWLER a street thief; a small-time thief ...c1840 sl.
• GYP (sometimes offensive) a thief or a swindler; one who charges an exorbitant price for goods or services; a cheat; a crook ...1728 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• HAND-THIEF one who steals with the hands ...1899 Sc.
• HEALER one who hides or conceals anything; a receiver of stolen goods; a thief's confederate ...1825 Eng. dial.
• HEDGE-CREEPER † a vagrant; a thief; a peeping tom ...rare or obs.
• HEEL (derogatory) a sneak thief or pickpocket ...1914 US criminals' sl.
• HEIST MAN a professional thief or hold-up man ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• HEVETHEE a thief ...L19 centre slang, created by rearranging the syllables or constituent parts of a word 
• HOLE-CREEPER a sneaking thief ...1462
• HOOK a thief or pickpocket; orig., someone who stole from a picket while the victim's attention was distracted by someone else ...1863 sl.
• HOOKER a thief or pilferer; a pickpocket; a stealer of pocket-watches ...1567 sl.
• HOT SHORT HUSTLER an automobile thief ...Bk1934 sl.
• HOT-STUFFER a thief ...Amer. World War I sl.
• HUSTLER one of a gang of pickpockets who takes part in hustling a person; also, a thief, a criminal; one who makes his living dishonestly or by begging; a pimp ...1825 sl.
• ICEMAN a thief specializing in the theft of diamonds ...1931 US criminals' sl.
• IMPUDENT STEALER one who cuts out the back of a coach and takes things out of it ...c1700 UK criminals' sl.
• IN-AND-OUT MAN an opportunist thief or burglar ...1957 UK sl.
• INGLER a horse thief who toured country fairs looking for victims ...1825 thieves' sl.
• IN THE BOOK a thief, esp. a pickpocket ...20C US rhyming sl. for 'hook' 
• JACK a mugger; a thief ...1920s US sl.
• JACKAL a steamboat thief, the thief who actually removes the booty ...19C US criminals' sl.
• JACKER a street robber, a thief ...2000s sl.
• JACK-IN-A-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1612
• JACK-IN-THE-BOX † a sharper or cheat; a thief who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money ...1570
• JACOB † a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder ...1712 sl.
• JANUSMUG a go-between; an intermediary between a thief and a receiver ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JERRY-SNEAK a watch thief ...Bk1896 thieves' sl.
• JILTER a thief who uses a crowbar to break in ...1863 sl.
• KAE, KAY a thievish, mischievous person ...1789 Sc.
• KEDGER a beggar, a tramp, a loafer, a petty thief ...1835 Eng. dial.
• KEY PICKER a thief who operates in hotels, stealing keys left at the front desk for safekeeping by guests before they are retrieved by a hotel clerk ...1954 US sl.
• KIDDY a flashy young man who is usually a rake or a thief ...1778 Amer. sl., orig. criminals' usage
• KIN a thief ...18C UK criminals’ sl.
• KINK a thief, esp. an expert in stealing automobiles ...1914 Amer. sl.
• KLEPTO a kleptomaniac ...1958 sl.
• KNOCKER-OFF a thief ...1926 criminals' sl.
• KNUCK † a thief, a pickpocket ...1819 sl.
• KWAY a general thief, with no real specialty ...1940s Aust. sl.
• LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) ...1832
• LADS OF THE VILLAGE thieves ...E19 sl.
• LAND-PIRATE a highwayman; a wandering thief; a gypsy ...1609 sl.
• LARCENER one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LARCENIST a larcener ...1803
• LARCIN † one who commits larceny ...1596
• LASSONER a larcener, one who commits larceny ...1634-5
• LATCH-DRAWER † one who draws or lifts the latch to enter for an unlawful purpose ...1393
• LIGHT HORSEMAN a thief operating as one of a gang on the Thames ...19C Brit. sl.
• LOB-CRAWLER a till-thief ...1887 thieves' sl.
• LOBO CROOK a thief who steals alone ...1926 criminals' sl. 
• LOB-SNEAK a thief who steals from cash registers ...1859 criminals' sl. 
• LONE HAND a thief or criminal who works alone ...1926 US sl.
• LONG-FINGERED GENT a thief; a pickpocket ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LURKER a petty thief; a begging impostor ...1841
• LUSH-ROLLER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1919 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-TOUCHER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1904 criminal & police sl.
• LUSH-WORKER a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons ...1908 Amer. criminal & police sl.
• MACER a thief; a villain ...L19 sl.
• MAG a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen ...M19 sl.
• MAGPIE a person who collects or hoards objects, information, esp., esp. indiscriminately; an acquisitive person; also, a petty pilferer ...1903
• MAGSMAN a street swindler or thief, esp. one who preys on gullible countrymen ...M19 sl.
• MEECHER a sneak, a lurking thief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MICHAAR, MICHEAR, MICHEER a thief ...1663 Ireland
• MIDNIGHT AUTO SERVICE car thieves ...1960s Amer. sl.
• MISSION-STIFF a petty thief ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• MOCHER a petty thief ...1896 sl.
• MOKER, MOKKER an amateur thief who spoils the market for the experienced pickpocket ...1926 criminals' sl.
• MOLE someone who tunnels into a bank to rob it ...1931 US prison sl.
• MOLL a girlfriend; a sweetheart; spec. the girlfriend or female accomplice of a gangster or criminal; a female pickpocket or thief ...1823
• MOLL-BUZZER a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief ...1866 Amer. sl.
• MOLLER a thief specializing in pickpocketing women ...1859 criminals' sl.
• MOLL WORKER a pickpocket or thief whose victims are mainly women ...1925 criminals' sl.
• MONDAY BOY a neighbourhood thief who steals laundry from clotheslines on the traditional Monday wash day ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
• MONDAY GIRL a neighbourhood thief who steals laundry from clotheslines on the traditional Monday wash day ...Bk1988 US criminals' sl.
• MONDAY MAN a neighbourhood thief who steals laundry from clotheslines on the traditional Monday wash day ...Bk1975 US criminals' sl.
• MONDAY WORKER a thief who steals from clotheslines ...c1925 US criminals' sl.
• MOOCH a street thief who specializes in snatching (drunken) men's jewellery ...1950 US criminals' sl.
• MOOCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• MOONLIGHTER a thief or burglar who operates at night; in Ireland, usually a cattle thief ...1883 UK criminals' sl.
• MOONMAN †* a person, esp. a criminal, who works at night; a robber, thief or highwayman who follows his vocation chiefly by moonlight ...1632
• MOON'S MAN † a person, esp. a criminal, who works at night; a thief or highwayman ...1907
• MOOTCHER an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...1911 sl.
• MORNING SNEAK † one who specializes in thieving early in the morning; one who stalks about the neighbourhood in the early morning hours ...1777 UK criminals' sl.
• MORNING-SNEAK COVE a male who practices 'the morning sneak' (thieving early in the morning) ...1821 UK criminals' sl.
• MORNING-SNEAK COVESS a female who practices 'the morning sneak' (thieving early in the morning) ...1821 UK criminals' sl.
• MOUCHARD a petty thief ...1877 UK sl.
• MOUCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• MUSH a thief's girlfriend ...L18 US criminals' sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NABBER a thief ...1859 Amer. sl.
• NABBLER a thief ...Bk1889 Sc. & Amer.
• NAILER a thief ...Bk1902 sl.
• NAP † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAPKIN-SNATCHER a thief of handkerchiefs ...19C sl.
• NAPPER † a cheat, or thief ...a1700 sl.
• NATTY-LAD a young thief or pickpocket ...1785 thieves' sl.
• NEEDLE a sharper; a thief ...1821 sl.
• NEWGATE-BIRD a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...1607 sl.
• NEWGATE-NIGHTINGALE a thief, a sharper, a jailbird ...c1531 sl.
• NIBBING-CULL a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1775 sl.
• NIBBLER a petty thief or fraudulent dealer ...1823 sl.
• NICKER a thief, a cheat, a confidence trickster ...L17 sl.
• NICK-POT a stealer of publican's pots ...1602 sl.
• NIGHTCAP a thief who prefers to work at night ...19C sl.
• NIGHT SNEAK a thief who works after dark ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• OBSERVATIONIST one who spies out likely boot for thieves, generally a peddler, hawker, etc. ...L19 cant
• OFFICE SNEAK one who enters and steals from an office or business, as coats, umbrellas, etc.
• OLD BIRD an experienced thief ...1877 cant
• OPERATOR a thief or swindler ...E18 sl.
• PACK RAT a petty thief; a stranger; one who cannot be trusted ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• PACKY a sneak thief who interrupts the work of people legitimately unloading goods and manages to steal some of the goods without being caught in the act ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• PAD-BORROWER a horse thief ...1785 UK sl.
• PAD-PRIGGER a horse thief ...1848 UK criminals' sl.
• PALMER a thief that adroitly slips jewellery from the top of a showcase  into his pocket ...1859 US sl. 
• PANEL a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PANEL DODGER a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PANEL-THIEF a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...1860 sl.
• PANEL WORKER a thief, usually the accomplice of a prostitute, who takes advantage of her client's preoccupation to rob him, using a special panel to enter the room ...M19 sl.
• PARLOUR-JUMPER a common housebreaker ...1860 sl. 
• PATA-KYAT a thief ...1940s W. Indies sl. 
• PENNYWEIGHTER a jewellery thief ...1899 US sl.
• PICK-UP MAN someone who steals luggage ...1928 sl.
• PIKER a petty thief ...14C sl.
• PODDY DODGER one who steals unbranded cattle; a cattle rustler ...1910s Aust. sl.
• POLECAT a thief ...1966 Amer. dial. 
• POSSUM * a thief ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PUGGARD a thief ...17C cant
• PULLER a sneak thief ...1984 US sl.
• QUEER PRANCER a cowardly horse thief ...18C sl.
• QUEER THIEF OF THE WORLD, THE a thief, a rogue ...1896 Ireland
• RACKET DUDE a thief; a racketeer ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• RACKET MAN † a thief, usually of noisy items such as chickens ...c1850 criminals' sl. 
• RADAR a petty thief; someone who will 'pick up anything' ...1989 Aust. sl.
• RAFFLES a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar ...19C sl.
• RAILBIRD in American casinos: a thief who steals chips from inattentive gamblers ...1985 US sl.
• RAILFIELD a thief who simply grabs shop merchandise and runs from the shop ...1960 US sl.
• RAMRAIDER one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1991 sl.
• RAMRODDER one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1990s sl.
• RANDY a thief ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLER GRAB a thief specializing in freight wagons ...1920 US criminals' sl.
• READER a small-time thief who follows postmen or delivery men to their destination, having sneaked a look at the label, then claims to be the official recipient ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• REAVER a robber, a plunderer; esp. a border thief ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIFLER a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• RIVER-RAT a riverside thief; one who robs the corpses of drowned men ...Bk1903 sl.
• SAFE in a pickpocketing team: the thief who takes the wallet or object stolen by the wire and leaves the scene with it ...1954 US sl.
• SAINT GILES BUZZMAN † a petty thief who goes after men's and women's handkerchiefs ...Bk1992 Brit. & US criminals' sl.
• SAINT PETER’S SON a thief ...Bk1903 sl.
• SANDBAGGER a street robber, a 'mugger' ...L19 US sl.
• SANDBAG MAN a common thief employing a bag of sand to knock down and disable his victim ...1919 Aust. criminals' sl. 
• SANDMAN a footpad, a 'mugger' ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SANTAR the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout ...L16 sl.
• SATYR † 'Men living wild in the Fields, that keep their Holds and Dwellings in the Country and forsaken Places, stealing Horses, Kine, Sheep, and all other sort of Cattle'; a cattle-thief; a horse thief ...1714 criminals' sl. 
• SAWNEY-HUNTER, SAWNY-HUNTER one who steals bacon or cheese from grocers' shops; a bacon thief...1856 sl. 
• SCAB a thief ...2003 UK teen sl. 
• SCALER a thief, a fraud, a swindler; in NZ, esp. one who decamps with his mates' share of the loot ...c1920 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SCAMP a thief ...1818 UK criminals' sl.
• SCOW-BANKER a sneak, a thief, a rascal ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SCREWER a thief or housebreaker ...1932 sl.
• SCREWSMAN a thief or housebreaker ...1812 sl.
• SCRUMPER one who steals apples from orchards ...1946 UK sl.
• SENTER the member of a team of parcel thieves who actually removes the stolen goods and takes them to a hideout ...L16 sl.
• SHITTER a thief who likes to excrete inside the places he robs ...1970s UK criminals' sl.
• SILKO a thug; a thief ...2000s Irish sl.
• SILK-SNATCHER 1. a thief who grabs the bonnets and hats from pedestrians ...E18 sl.
2. a thief who specialized in stealing cloaks by twitching them from the wearer's back ...M18 UK criminals' sl.
• SKIN a thief ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SNAPHANCE † an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow ...1538
• SNATCHER a thief ...1965 US sl.
• SNITCHER a petty thief ...1930s sl.
• SNUDGE † a thief who first enters a house, then hides, and emerges when the coast is clear to effect the robbery ...1676 cant
• SPARK GRAFTER a jewel thief ...1902 US criminals' sl.
• SQUAREHEAD a sham thief ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STAIR DANCER a thief who steals from open buildings ...1958 sl.
• ST. PETER'S CHILDREN petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on ...18C sl.
• ST. PETER'S SONS petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on ...18C sl.
• SUCK-EGG DOG a sneak-thief ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-BUZZER a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIP a thief who specializes in the picking of coat pockets ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL-DIVER a pickpocket specializing in removing snuff-boxes, purses, pocketbooks, etc. from gentlemen's coat pockets ...1859 UK criminals' sl.
• TAIL DRAWER † a sword-stealer, one who takes gentlemen's swords from their sides ...1698 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE a thief; a villain, esp. a cheat at cards ...1968 Aust. sl.
• TAKE-DOWN a deceiver or cheat; a thief; a swindler; a confidence man ...1926 Aust. sl.  
• TAKE-OFF ARTIST a thief ...Bk1995 Amer. criminals' sl.
• TAKER one who takes something from another by force or wrongfully; a robber, a thief, a plunderer, a pilferer ...1500-20
• TANK MAN a person who specializes in stealing from safes ...Bk2002 Aust. prison sl.
• TAR a thief, a 'tar finger' ...Bk1992 sl.
• TAR-FINGERS a petty pilferer ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAR-HEEL a thief, esp. a sneak thief ...1925 US criminals' sl.
• TARRY-FINGERS a person given to stealing, a petty thief ...1808 Sc.
• TARRY-NEIVE a person given to stealing, a petty thief ...1810 Sc. 
• TARTAR † a strolling vagabond, a tramp, a thief, beggar ...1598 cant
• TARTARIAN a thief ...1608 cant
• TAYLE DRAWERS sword stealers ...Bk1737 criminals' sl.
• TEA-LEAF a small-time thief ...1890 criminals' rhyming sl.
• TEA-POT SOAK † a thief who sells teapots and other related items ...1930 UK criminals' sl.
• TEAR-PLACKET † a cutpurse; a pickpocket or thief ...c1600
• THIEF-ANIMAL a term of opprobrium for a thievish person ...1897 Sc.
• THIEF-LOON a thief, a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER a thief, a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TIER-RANGER a (Thames) river thief ...1858
• TILE an audacious thief; a mischievous person, esp. applied to young people ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
• TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till ...1893
• TINKER † a vagabond, a tramp; a reputed thief ...1561
• TINNY a thief ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• TINNY-HUNTER a thief who robs people whose homes are burning down, while pretending to give assistance ...L18 sl.
• TOLLER a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• TOSHER a man who steals copper sheathing from ships' bottoms or from dockyard stores ...Bk1892 nautical sl.
• UNICORN two men and one woman, or two women and one man banded together to steal ...1859 US criminals' sl.
• UPRIGHT SNEAK † one who steals pewter pots from the boys employed by taverns to collect them ...1781 UK criminals' sl.
• VALENTINO † a thief who victimizes women ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
• VAMPER † a thief's accomplice who starts a saloon brawl with a victim who has a valuable watch or ring; during the fight, the thief removes the watch from the distracted owner ...1836 criminals' sl.
• VAMPIRE a thief, esp. one who deliberately starts fights between others in order to rob them in the confusion ..1864 sl.
• VAN-DRAGGER a thief who steals goods from the back of carts, vans, or trucks ...1926 criminals' sl.
• VARLETS † thieves ...18C Brit. criminals' sl. 
• VILLAGE BUTLER 'old thieves, that would rather steal a dishclout than discontinue the practice of thieving' ...L18 sl.
• WADDIE, WADDY a cattle rustler ...1897 US sl.
• WAGON LAYER a thief who commits the wagon lay (the nighttime practice of lying in wait for passing wagons from which to steal goods or merchandise) ...1708 UK criminals' sl. 
• WALKING POULTERER a thief who steals chickens and then sells them door-to-door ...1788 criminals' sl.
• WANDEROO the member of a gang of thieves that cases or studies the layout of the bank to be burglarized before the crime is committed ...1925 US criminals' sl. 
• WARP, WARPE the member of a curbing team who acts as lookout while the 'curber' or hooker, steals items of clothing from open windows; he also conceals the stolen merchandise under his coat while the 'curber' seeks additional items ...1592 criminals' sl.
• WARPER the member of a curbing team who acts as lookout while the 'curber' or hooker, steals items of clothing from open windows; he also conceals the stolen merchandise under his coat while the 'curber' seeks additional items ...1592 criminals' sl.
• WELL-FAKED CLAW an experienced thief who is successful in grabbing and stealing items by hand ...1839 literary usage 
• WESTERN GUY an out-of-town thief ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• WHARF-RAT anyone who hangs about wharfs, looking out for an opportunity to steal from a cargo ...M19 sl. orig. US
• WINDOW-CRASHER a thief who utilized the smash-and-grab robbery technique ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
• WIPER-DRAWER a handkerchief-stealer ...Bk1737 sl.
• YEGG a thief, a burglar or safe-breaker ...1903 US
• YEGGMAN a thief, a burglar or safe-breaker ...1906 US
• ZIFF a juvenile thief ...1846 UK criminals' sl.
thief, thieving, thievish - person, other
• BIRD DOG 1. a contact man for stock and bond thieves ...1931 US criminals' sl.
2. a reconnoiterer of thieves; a locater of thieves ...Bk1945 criminals' sl. 
• DABBLER one who associates with thieves ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• DARKMAN'S BUDGE a thief's accomplice, who climbs into a house through a window and opens a door to admit the rest of the gang ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• MOLLISHER a thief's mistress; a wife ...1812 sl.
• MONISHER, MONNISHER * a girl, a woman; esp. a prostitute; later, also, the girlfriend of a thief or criminal ...1765 sl.
thief, thieving, thievish - verbs
• CHAUNT THE PLAY to expose and/or explain the ways and tricks of thieves ...c1845 cant
• CREEP to work as a sneak-thief ...1928 US sl.
• LATROCINATE † to rob, to play the thief ...1623
• PAD to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PAD IT to travel as tramp, thief, vagrant, or prostitute ...E17 sl.
• PATTER FLASH to talk in thieves' lingo ...1827 sl.
• PUT UP THE DOOKS to thieve, esp. to pickpocket (dook = hand) ...M19 sl.
• WORK THE RATTLE to operate, as a professional thief, on the trains ...c1890 UK sl.
thief, thieving, thievish - phrases 
• HE'S SUCH AN OLD THIEF, HE'D ROB JESUS CHRIST OF HIS SHOE-STRINGS said of a notorious thief ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
THIGH - nouns
• GAMMON † a leg, thigh of a person ...1756 Sc.
• GUNSACK thick, heavy female thighs ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• HAMBONE the knee or thigh ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HAMMERS the female thighs ...1980 US sl.
• HEAP the thigh ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• SADDLE BAGS excess flesh around the upper thighs, or occasionally, a portly stomach ...1960s sl.
• THEE a dialect form of 'thigh' ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
THIMBLE - nouns
• BUSHEL a tailor's thimble ...1889 US
 
THIN - adjectives
• ALL COCK AND RIBS LIKE A MUSTERER'S DOG said of a very thin person ...1970s Aust. & NZ sl.
• ALL RIBS AND DICK LIKE A ROBBER'S DOG very thin ...1990s Aust. sl.
• CADAVEROUS haggard and thin ...1620
• CALICO adj. thin, attenuated, wasted ...18C colloq.
• CHOKE-BORED tall and thin, long-legged and skinny ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CORPSY thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRANE-GUTTED very thin, 'herring-gutted' ...19C Eng. dial.
• EKEN lean, thin, meagre ...1908 Sc.
• FAGEY thin, poor, ill-nourished ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT AS A BUGGY WHIP, AS thin; small ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A HEN'S FOREHEAD, AS thin; small; meagre ...1939 Amer. dial.
• FAT AS A MATCH, AS thin; small ...Bk1899 Amer. dial.
• FLATSIDED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANCE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANDER-SHANKED referring to a thin, awkward person ...19C US sl.
• GANSE thin, slender, gaunt ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANTED thin, scrawny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.  
• GANTED DOWN thin, scrawny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• HAGGED tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAGGIT tired, worn out; harassed, careworn, thin ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• HIGH IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• LANGREL over-tall and thin; lanky ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANKREL over-tall and thin; lanky ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LARBAR lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LARRICKY tall and thin, usually without any implication of awkwardness ...1941 Amer. dial.
• LATHY of a very thin person: thin like a lath ...1672
• LEAN AS A RAKE very lean, thin ...c1386
• LEAN AS A SHOTTEN HERRING very thin, emaciated ...1885 Amer. dial.
• LEANY † lean, thin, scrawny ...a1400
• LENYE † thin, slender ...1513 Sc.
• LONG IN THE LEGS LIKE NANNY PORTER'S HENS said of a thin, starved-looking person ...1865 Eng. dial.
• LONG, LEAN AND LANK said of a tall, thin person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MAAGA thin ...1994 UK sl.
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed, tall and thin ...M17 sl.
• MAGA thin ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• MAUGER lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NARROW AS A DRINK OF WATER, AS of a person: excessively thin ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• NARROW-ASSED having slim hips; thin, skinny ...1916-22 Amer. sl.
• NEEDLE AND PIN thin ...1930s rhyming sl.
• PEAKED having pinched features; thin, wasted, sickly-looking; unwell ...1836 Eng. dial.  
• POOR thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOR AS A RAKE very thin ...1883 Eng. dial.
• RAIMSY thin, long-legged ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAWNY tall, thin, and bony ...1825 Eng. dial.
• RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEBONED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAWBONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAWBONY having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...a1930 Amer. dial.
• RAWNY-BONED having the bones prominently visible beneath the skin; thin, bony, gangling ...1868 Amer. dial.
• REIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RENKY tall and too thin; lanky ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RHINY thin; lean; hungry-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIBBY thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SAYLY thin, flimsy ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCALY thin, slender; light ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARCE-O-FAT thin ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SCLAFE thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Eng. dial. obs.
• SCOY thin, poor; small, insignificant ...1846 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGLY adj. thin, scraggy ...1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRAGGY spare, small, thin ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCRAILY thin, attenuated ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY-LOOKING thin, meagre, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRATTY small, insignificant, thin, puny ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SHACKLY tall, thin, and awkward ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SKINNISH thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKINNY thin ...1605 sl.
• SKINNY AS A SAPLING WITH THE BARK SCRAPED OFF very thin, skinny ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SKINNY-ASS of a person: thin ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SKINNY-ASSED of a person: thin ...1950s sl., orig. US
• SKINNYMALINK thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKINNY-MINNY very thin; small and thin ...1997 US sl.
• SKLEFF † thin and flat; also used of a person ...1802 Sc.
• SKRAGGY spare, small, thin ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY-LOOKING thin, scraggy in appearance ...1891 Sc.
• SLIM-JIM thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPARERIBBED thin; skinny ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• SUBTILE of small thickness, thin, fine ...a1425
• TEEM thin ...1892 Eng. dial.
• THIN AS A RAKE very thin, lean ...1823
• THIN AS A SNAKE very thin ...1787 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS A SHOTTEN HERRING very thin, emaciated ...1918 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS A SHOTTEN SHAD very thin, emaciated ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS A WHIP-SNAKE very thin ...1860 Amer. dial.
• THIN AS VANITY very thin; said of persons, fabrics, etc. ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THINLY rather thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINNER THAN A HAYRAKE very thin ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• THIRDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THIRL of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• THURDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness ...1852 sl.
• YAPPY hungry-looking, thin ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
thin - nouns  (includes THINNESS)
• LENSING † a making thin or slim; a wearing away of flesh by fasting ...c1175
• MACILENCE * thinness, leanness ...1852
• MACILENCY * thinness, leanness ...1632
• RARENESS †* thinness; fewness, scantiness ...1588
• RENCHEL † somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRANNEL a thin, spare-looking person or animal ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SUBTILENESS † thinness, tenuity ...1398
thin - person
• AMATON a thin bony person ...B1900 Sc.
• ANATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bang of bones' ...1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bang of bones' ...1834 dial.
• BACK AND BELLY a very thin person ...1996 W. Indies
• BACK-AND-NECK a very thin person ...1996 W. Indies
• BAG-OF-BONES an emaciated person, a noticeably thin or skinny person ...1764 sl.
• BAIGLE a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
• BALD-RIB a thin, lean bony person ...1621 
• BANJER-SHANKS a nickname for a thin man ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BAREBONE a very thin and lean person who has scarcely any flesh to cover his bones: a low word ...1596
• BAREBONES a thin skinny person ...1868 sl.
• BARE-BRISKET a thin person ...Bk1984 sl.
• BEANPOLE a tall, thin person ...1837 sl.
• BEAN-STICK a tall, thin man ...1823
• BEAN-SWAUP - a thin, weakly person ...1822 Sc.
• BEDFUL OF BONES an emaciated person; a very thin person; a skinny, bony bedfellow ...1832 Sc. 
• BEEGLE a thin man; an odd figure ...1897 Sc.
• BONES a thin man ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• CAGE OF BONES a very thin person ...1860 Eng. dial.
• EDDERER a very tall, thin man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• ELF-SKIN † a term of contempt for a thin, slight man; a man of shrivelled and shrunken form ...1596
• FANG a tall, thin person ...1928 Sc.
• FENCE RAIL a very thin, lanky person ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GAISHEN a very thin person; an emaciated person ...1865 Sc.
• GAISHON † a thin, emaciated person; a skeleton; a hobgoblin ...1808 Sc.
• GANDER-GUT one who is thin and awkward ...M19 US sl.
• GANT a very tall and thin or lanky person; generally applied to a woman ...1825 Sc.
• GANTLINE a gaunt or thin person ...1901 US nautical sl.
• GASHUN a very thin person ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• GASPIPE-CRAWLER a tall, thin man ...c1885 sl.
• GATION a very thin person ...Bk1997 Ulster sl.
• GAUBERT † a tall, thin man or boy ...1916 Sc.
• GENT a very tall and thin or lanky person; generally applied to a woman ...1825 Sc.
• GHENT a tall, thin person ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• GHOST † a sickly, thin, or undersized person; a term of contempt ...1805 Sc.
• GIBLETS an ironical name for a thin, lanky, bony person ...Bk1882 Eng. dial.
• GLASS OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1953 US sl.
• GLIPE a very thin person ...1928 Sc.
• HAGGY MOLL a thin, drooping, unattractive female ...1928 Amer. sl.
• HAIRPIN a thin person ...1950s US sl.
• HALBERT a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HATRACK a thin or scrawny person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOP-POLE a tall, thin person ...M19 sl.
• KANGAROO a thin, slopes-shouldered person ...L19 sl.
• LANKY a tall, thin person ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANKY-LONG-LEGS a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LANKY-LOO a term of derision for a thin, shapeless, overgrown boy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMPER a tall, thin person ...1920s sl.
• LAMP-POST a tall, thin person ...L19 sl.
• LEGS ELEVEN a tall, thin man ...1910s Aust. sl.
• LONG DRINK OF WATER a very thin person ...1910s sl.
• LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1975 Amer. sl.
• LONG STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• MACKAREL-BACK, MACKEREL-BACK † a very tall, thin or lank person ...Bk1737
MIRE SNIPE a thin, wiry, sharp-featured person ...1866 Sc.
• MONKEY ON A STICK a thin man with jerky movements ...c1880 colloq.
• MOP HANDLE a thin, scrawny person ...1955 US sl.
• MOPHEAD a thin, scrawny person ...1963 US sl.
• MOP-STICK a thin, scrawny person ...1849 sl.
• NATOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTOMIZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTOMY, NOTTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTIMIZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• NOTTYMAZE a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• OLD SKINFLINT a very thin person ...1967 Amer. dial. 
• OLIVE OYL a very thin woman ...1970 Amer. dial.
• ONE OF PHARAOH'S LEAN KINE a very thin person, looking as if 'he'd run away from the bone-house' ...L16 sl.
• OTOMY a very thin, emaciated person or animal, a 'bag of bones' ...1834 dial.
• OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1848 Ireland
• OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin 'slip of a fellow' ...1863 Eng. dial.
• PAIR OF TONGS a very thin person ...Bk1890 sl.
• PICKER STICK a very thin person ...1999 Amer. dial.
• PULL-THROUGH a soldier's term for a tall, thin person ...Brit. sl.
• RABBIT-HUND a nickname given to a person who is thin and poorly developed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACKERBONE a very thin, emaciated person or animal ...1854 Amer. sl.
• RACKLE OF BONES, A a thin, emaciated person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RACK OF BONES a very thin, emaciated person or animal ...1804 Amer. sl.
• RAFT a tall, thin person ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAG a term of contempt for anything very lean and thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAINBOW a tall, thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAKE a very thin or lean person ...1582
• RAMES a very thin person or animal ...E19 Eng. dial.
• RANDLE-TREE a tall, thin person ...1815 Sc.
• RASHER OF WIND a very thin person ...M19 sl.
• RATTLEBONES a very thin person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWBONES a very thin, bony person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDE an emaciated person or animal; a very thin, bony person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• RENCHEL † somebody or something tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc. 
• RIBE a thin, lean person or animal; an animal in poor condition ...1820 Sc.
• RINEY a thin, or sickly person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SACKFU' O' LADLES a very thin or emaciated person ...1887 Sc.
• SAHARA a tall, thin person ...1946 S. African sl.
• SALLY B a tall, very thin woman in evening dress ...c1880 sl.
• SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAFFOLD POLE a very tall, thin person ...Bk1958 Eng. sl. 
• SCALY a tall, thinly-made person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALY BLOKE a thin man ...1984 NZ sl.
• SCARCE-O-FAT a nickname for a thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• SCARCE-OF-FAT a thin or skinny person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SCARECROW an extremely thin person
• SCOW a long, thin, bony woman ...1866 Sc. DSL online
• SCRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SCRALLION a thin, scraggy man or animal ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL a thin, spare-looking person or animal ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SCRANNY a thin, meagre person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAY a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SCREED a long, thin person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBE a thin, lank person or animal; a poor, puling creature; a shabby or oddly-dressed person; a guy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKELETON a very thin, lean, or emaciated person or animal ...1629
• SKELETONESS a very thin, lean, or emaciated woman ...1840 nonce word
• SKILLIGAREEN a very thin person ...1910s sl.
• SKIN a painfully thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKIN-A-GUTS a very thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINAMELINK a thin or emaciated person ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SKINAMULINK a thin or emaciated person ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SKIN AND GRIEF a painfully thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINFLINT a very thin person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY-GUTS a very thin person ...Brit. sl.
• SKINNY LIZ a thin girl or woman ...1959 sl.
• SKINNYMALINK a thin person ...1911 Sc. sl.
• SKINNYMARINK a thin or emaciated person ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKINNY MERINK a thin or emaciated person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SKRAE a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton ...1802 Sc.
• SPARERIBS a very thin or skinny person ...1971 US Black sl.
• SPARLING a thin, puny little child ...Bk1879 Eng. dial.
• STREAK a tall, thin person ...1941 sl., orig. Aust.
• STREAM-LINE a tall, thin man ...1917 army sl.
• STRETCH a nickname for a tall, thin person ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• STRING-BEAN a tall, thin person ...1936 US sl.
• TALL DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• TANTERWALLOPS a tall, thin man ...1972 Sc. 
• TAPPIN, TAUPIN a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THIN STREAK OF MISERY a very thin, mournful, and lugubrious person ...L19 sl.
• VISION a puny, thin, emaciated person or animal; one who is wasting away ...1825 Sc.
• WAIF a fashionable young woman, with clothes and hair suggesting a ragged style, characterized by extreme thinness and apparent fragility ...1991 
• WALLIDRAGGLE, WALLYDRAGGLE a thin, ill-grown, undersized person or animal ...1736 Sc. 
• WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man ...1997 Irish sl.
• WEED a thin and unhealthily delicate person ...1869 sl.
• WHANG a thin, lanky person ...20C Irish sl.
• WILLOW-WAND a thin, lanky person ...1825 Sc.
• WINDLE-STRAW - thin, unhealthy person; a vacillating fellow ...1818 Sc.
• WYUCHLET † a thin, spare person ...1825 Sc.
• YARD OF PUMP WATER a tall, thin person ...1838 UK sl.
thin - verbs
• LENSE † to make thin or lean; to become thin or lean ...a1000
• POOR AWAY to grow thin ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE'S MEAT IN AN ILL SKIN to look thin or half-starved; to have a malnourished appearance ...1826 Sc. 
• SCOY to make a thing thin or small ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
thin - phrases 
• SHE'S SO THIN YOU CAN READ A NEWSPAPER THROUGH HER said of a very thin female ...1951 Amer. dial.
• STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER said of a tall, thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
THING - nouns
• BINKY any little mechanical contrivance ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BIZZO an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1969 Aust. sl.
• CHAT a thing; an object ...M19 sl.
• CHETE a thing
• CHINGUS a thingumajig ...1982 Amer. sl.
• CLOBBER unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1890 Brit. sl.
• CONTRAPTION a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery ...1820s Amer. sl.
• DADDIO, DADDY-O, DADIO a thing; an item ...1961 US Black jocular
• DADDY an unspecified object, a thing ...1990s sl.
• DEALIE, DEALY a thing, the correct name of which escapes or is not important to the speaker ...1997 US sl.
• DICKEY, DICKIE, DICKY a thing, a gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DINGBAT something whose name is not known or remembered ...1905 Amer. dial.
• DINGBATTUS something whose name is not known or remembered ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DINGDIE something whose name is not known or remembered ...1975 Amer. dial.
• DINGFOD something whose name is unknown or not remembered ...1909 Amer. dial.
• DINGLEBOB something whose name is not known or readily remembered ...1923 Amer. dial.
• DINGUS a thing, the correct name of which is not important in context; a gadget ...1876 US sl.
• DINKTUM something whose name is not known or readily remembered ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DITTY a new tool or contrivance; a thing, something unfamiliar ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DO-DA an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DODELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DODENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DODINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOFLICKETY a thing whose name is unknown or forgotten; any small article  ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOHICKEY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOJIGGER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1927 US sl.
• DOOBOBBUS used when the name of something is unknown, forgotten, or is purposely avoided ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DOOBRY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1990 Brit. sl.
• DOOBYWHACKER anything of which you have forgotten the name; any small gadget or machine part ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DOODA an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DOODAB any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DOODACKIE anything of which you have forgotten the name; any small gadget or machine part ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DOODAD an unnamed or unspecified thing; a superfluous ornament ...1905 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOODAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1924 sl.
• DOODLE any gadget ...20C US colloq.
• DOODLEFLICKER any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEFLICKUS any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOODLEGADGET any nameless small object, typically some form of gadget ...1910s sl.
• DOOFAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1945 Brit. sl.
• DOOFER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1945 Brit. sl.
• DOOFLICKER any small, fancy, fussy thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
• DOOFLINKUS any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DOOFLOP any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1950s sl.
• DOOHICKEY, DOOHICKY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1914 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• DOOJIGGER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1927 US sl.
• DOOLOLLY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1930s sl.
• DOOVAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DOOVER an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1941 Aust. sl.
• DOOWACKY a thing; a nameless gadget ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DOOZANDAZZY something the name of which is not readily recalled ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DUDELHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDENHEIMER something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• DUDINKUS a thing ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUFLICKERTY any nameless small object, typically some kind of gadget ...1900s sl., orig. Can. military
• DUFLICKETY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DUFUNNY any small article ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FAKE an object, gadget, device, or contrivance of any kind; a gimcrack ...1897 sl.
• FAKEALOO any thing for which a better name is lacking ...1930 Amer. dial.
• FAKELOO an object, device or contrivance of any kind ...1958 Amer. sl.
• FAKEMENT any object, whether or not uncommon; a thing; used of something the name of which escapes you ...M19 sl.
• FAKUS a thing, the name of which is not readily recalled; something without a specific name, that has been 'thrown together' or 'knocked up' ...1905 sl.
• FIRKIN a gadget ...E20 military sl.
• FLUMMADIDDLE a doodad, a thing ...1897 Amer. dial.
• FROB an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1983 US computer sl.
• FROBNITZ an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1983 US computer sl.
• GILGUY a thingamajig ...1886 Amer. nautical sl.
• GILHICKEY a thingamajig ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GILHOOLEY a thingamajig ...1940s Amer. sl.
• GISMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GIZMO a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1942 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• GOLLIWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GOLLYWOG a nameless, indescribable, or imaginary thing or creature ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GOOLTHRITE any small, wizened, puckered object ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GUBBINS 1. unspecified things, paraphernalia ...1925 Brit. sl.
2. a device or thing; an unnamed thing ...1944 Brit. sl.
• GUY a thing referred to, esp. something one does not know the name of ...1980 Amer. sl.
• HARDISHE † a thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEWGAG something for which one has no specific name ...L19 US college sl.
• HICKEY, HICKIE a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1909 sl., chiefly US
• HOOFENPOOFER a thing, the correct name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1942 US sl.
• ICTA, IKTA a thing, portable possession; goods, equipment; clothing; merchandise  ...1856 Amer. dial.
• JIGAMAFLOOCUS a gadget, a thingamajig; a gewgaw ...1974 Amer. dial.
• JIGAMAHOO a gadget, a thingamajig; a gewgaw ...1824 Amer. dial.
• JIGAMAREE, JIGGERMAREE a gadget, a thingamajig; a gewgaw ...1824 Amer. dial.
• JIGGAMBOB, JIGGUMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown ...1647 sl.
• JIGGAMY any implement, tool, etc., whose name cannot be recalled at the moment ...1899 Amer. dial.
• JIGGER a device or gadget; an unnamed thing ...1874 US sl.
• JIGGIE a thing, a doohickey ...1931 Amer. dial.
• JIGGUS a thing, a doohickey ...1931 Amer. dial.
• KENNAWHAT something beyond name or definition; a something-or-other ...1825 Sc.
• KNOW-NOT-WHAT * an indescribable thing; a whatchamacallit ...a1642
• MAJIG a thingamajig; a gadget ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGER a thingamajig; a gadget ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MAJIGGIE a thingamajig; a gadget ...1931 Amer. dial.
• ODDLINGS things of diverse sorts or sizes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS things of diverse sorts or sizes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FELLOW an object, a thing ...L19 sl.
• OLD GAL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OLD GIRL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OLE GIRL a non-human object ...1910s US sl.
• OOBYJIVER * a thing whose name one cannot remember, does not know, or does not wish to mention; a thingamy; hence, a useful implement, a gadget ...1963 colloq. 
• OOJAH an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAH-KA-PIV an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAH-MA-FLIP an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJAMAFLIP a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten ...20C sl.
• OOJAR an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1917 Brit. sl.
• OOJIBOO an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1918 Brit. services' sl.
• OPTRICULUM a doodad; a thingumabob ...1916 jocular Amer. dial.
• RIGAMAJIG something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RINCTUM-DO a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1952 Amer. dial.
• RINKTUM a gadget or contrivance; a thing whose name is unknown or which one does not want to name ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SCUDDER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a thing, an object, a thingamabob ...1962 Amer. dial.
• SO-AND-SO an unspecified object ...L19 sl.
• SUCH-A-THING † a thingumbob; what's-his-name ...1756
• THANG a thing ...Amer. sl.
• THIGAMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THINGABOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMADOGER an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGAMADUDGEON an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGAMAGIG a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1942 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMAGUMMER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGAMAJIG an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1824 Amer. sl.
• THINGAMANANNY an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THING-A-MERRY a thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown ...1818 sl.
• THING-A-ME-TOY a word used when the name of the person or thing referred to is forgotten or unknown; a curious article, especially one of unknown use and little value; a person of small account ...1865 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMMY a worthless person or thing ...1866 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMTIJIG a thingamajig ...1899 Eng. dial.
• THINGAMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1899 Amer. dial.
• THING-DOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THING-EM-A-DOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1893 Amer. dial.
• THING-EM-A-DUDGEON a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1890 Amer. dial.
• THINGEMTY-THANGEMTY a useless, trifling article; a knickknack; something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...1877 Eng. dial.
• THINGIE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1933 sl.
• THINGIMENT something the name of which is forgotten or unknown ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THINGING-BOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1843 Amer. dial.
• THINGM-A-DODGER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUM a thing or person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak ...1824 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMABOB an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1832 Amer. sl.
• THINGUMADING a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMADOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGUMADOOGY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1986 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIG an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1824 sl.
• THINGUMAJIGGEN a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIGGER a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJIGGUS a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJING a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAJINGIE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMAREE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMBOB an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name ...1800s Amer. sl.
• THINGUMDAIRIE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1905 Sc..
• THINGUMDOODLE a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1897 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMMAGEE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...1889 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMMY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1796 sl.
• THINGUMMYJIG an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1824 sl.
• THINGUMMYTIGHT an unnamed or unspecified thing ..1937 Brit. sl.
• THINGUMMYTITE an unnamed or unspecified thing ..1937 Brit. sl.
• THINGUMOBOB an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1832 sl.
• THINGUMSTICK a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMTIBOB a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten ...1881 Eng. dial.
• THINGUMY a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1823 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYBOB a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYDOOCHY a thing or person whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGUMYJIG a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1909 Amer. dial.
• THINGY an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1933 sl.
• THINKUMAWHATSIS a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1968 Amer. dial.
• THINKUM-THANKUM a thing whose name one cannot recall or does not know ...1931 Amer. dial.
• UNIT a gadget; a nameless object ...20C US sl.
• VANDAVIL an article, a thing, an object, esp. one of little value; a small morsel ...a1838 Sc.
• VYNDABLE an article; a thing; a small morsel ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WANGDOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of ...20C sl.
• WATCHAMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMACALLEM a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DAD a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DADDY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DIDDLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DINGLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-DOODLE a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-GADGET a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-HICKEY a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WATCHMA-JIGGER a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHACKER a gadget, a thing ...20C US sl.
• WHANGDOODLE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 Amer. sl.
• WHANGYDOODLE an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 Amer. sl.
• WHASSIT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1931 US sl.
• WHAT-ALL anything for which one has no proper name ...20C sl.
• WHATCHAMACALLIT anything to which one cannot give a name when required ...M19 sl.
• WHATCHEEMACALLIT a gadget ...19C US colloq.
• WHATDAYACALLIT anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATDYECALL anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT-D'YE-CALL'EM anyone for whom one cannot provide the name ...L16 sl.
• WHATD'YECALLUM anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHAT-D'YOU-CALL-IT anything for which one has no precise name ...M19 sl.
• WHATNOT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1964 sl.
• WHATSIS any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHATSIT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...a1882 sl.
• WHATYERMECALLEMS anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATYERMYCALIT anything for which one has no precise name ...L16 sl.
• WHATZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHAZZIT any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided ...19C US sl.
• WHICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1934 Amer. dial.
• WHIMMY-DOODLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1946 Amer. dial.
• WHING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WHITFLOW an unnamed or unspecified thing ...1961 sl.
• WHOZITS a name for an object or person whose name is forgotten ...M20 US sl.
• WICKERBILL a contraption, a gadget, a doohickey ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WIDGET a gadget; a small manufactured item ...E20 colloq.
• WIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object ...1968 Amer. dial.
• WING-DING a gadget ...20C US
• WINGDOODLE an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of ...20C sl.
• WOSSNAME a thing or person whose name is not known, forgotten, etc. ...20C sl.
• YOU KNOW WHAT an unnamed or unspecified thing ...a1845 usually euphemistic
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