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tief
(tief)
Pronunciation:
/tiːf/
West Indian
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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