hedge creeper
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]hedge creeper (plural hedge creepers)
- (obsolete) A thief who hides amongst hedges and robs travellers on the road.
- 1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 12:
- Leander could no longer keep her, / Away she goes with this hedge-creeper.