Word: sneaks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Much complaint is made at Oxford of sneak-thieves, who boldly enter students' rooms as if they were visitors, and if they find the rooms empty, quietly help themselves to valuables. Eight rooms in Magdalen were entered in a single afternoon. Queens', Hertford and St. Mary's have also been "worked...
...began to train for our class crew, but found it too confining. Your friend, F. F., is visiting here, and is putting on a good many lugs. Beware, Sol, old man, woman is a false and fickle thing, as Mercury said to AEneas when he advised him to sneak away from Dido...
...insure the safety of articles, by ordering the door to be locked and a special officer to be in attendance during the afternoon. But in spite of this, it is none the less aggravating to those who lost money, and since there seems no way by which to prevent sneak-thieves from practising in the Gymnasium and Boat House, we suggest that the wisest course for those who use them is to leave money and watches at home...