English Dictionary

gas meter bandit

名詞

イギリス英語 俗語

(chiefly British, slang) A small-time thief.

日本語の意味

（主に英国の俗語）小さな規模の窃盗犯、つまり軽微な泥棒

Everyone in the neighbourhood knew the gas meter bandit was back after the petty thefts from porches resumed.

近所中の人が、玄関先でのこまごました窃盗が再発したことで、こそ泥が戻ってきたと気づいていた。

意味（1）

(chiefly British, slang) A small-time thief.

We might not have had that much to pinch, but they'd still have your brass candlesticks off the mantelpiece. There's always wrong 'uns, in every walk of life, who'll have whatever you've got from under your nose. Bloody gas-meter bandits, […]

gas meter bandits （ plural ）