Word: purloin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there is another consideration beyond the mere annoyance. A great many more fellows than are ever employed spend the day in this way, and their number seems to be on the increase, so there is continually a large number of them who wander around with nothing to do. These purloin anything and everything which may be aid down for the moment; they annoy those playing by getting on the courts; their language is anything but choice, and they make of themselves generally a most unmitigated nuisance...