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housebreaker 為搶劫而侵入他人住宅者;〔英國〕拆房屋的人。

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I m fear d you have some ill plans agate , that bring you about folk s houses at this time o night . if you ve any followers - housebreakers or such like - anywhere near , you may tell them we are not by ourselves in the house ; we have a gentleman , and dogs , and guns 我擔心你們打著什么壞主意,所以才那么深更半夜到人家房子里來,要是你有什么同伙一一強入住宅打劫的一類人就在近旁,你可以告訴他們,房子里不光是我們這幾個,我們有一位先生,還有狗和槍。 ”

The stranger was run off as a housebreaker 那陌生人被當作入宅行竊者被轟走了。