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tief

Pronunciation: /tiːf/
West Indian
Definition of tief

verb

[with object]
  • steal (something): people bound to tief young calf [no object]:‘Look, if yer rob, or tief, or kill, or do notting bad, wat yer run for?’

noun

  • a thief: ‘’e binna tief, Missis'

Origin:

representing a pronunciation of thief

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