hedge creeper

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)

Noun

hedge creeper (plural hedge creepers)

  1. (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.
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