Word: stealer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...signs-the greater the number the greater the glory. But stealing it is, and to the college at large we doubt if the difference between the undergraduate who "rags" and the Bill Sykes who steals anything he can lay hands on is clear or marked. But though the sign-stealer, with his limited and perverse sense of honor, sees but a little harm and a great deal of sport, the Cambridge judges have long looked on this simple and innocent amusement from a different point of vies. Lately two undergraduates had to pay a heavy fine for indulging in this...