A thief or pickpocket.
"He that could take a peece of sylver out of the purse without the noyse of any of the bells, he was adjudged a judiciall Nypper."
Fleetwood in Sir Henry Ellis' Original Letters (1585)
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
About Me
- Richard Voorhees
- Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.
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October
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- A Rare Medium
- Pretty Punk
- Beefeaters
- Naperers
- Fowlers
- Marauders and Pillagers
- Criers
- Remittance Men
- Bounty Jumpers
- Badgers
- Harpists
- Oyster Shuckers
- Yeoman's Service
- Zany
- Tramplers
- Leading a Monkey Through the Streets
- Lady Murasaki on Living by the Lute
- Gunrunners
- Tuckers
- Scratchers
- Mummy Makers
- A Shocker
- Predators' Balls
- O. Henry on Stenographers
- Judicial Nippers
- A Hierarchy of Respect Among Craftsmen
- Poetasters
- Ropers and the Well-Woven Rope
- Colet
- Story-tellers
- Mudlarks
- Expensive and Conceited Exorcists
- The Salt Burners' Fires
- First One Over the Wall
- Gestures
- Bellmen
- A Daring Hero
- Arch Makers
- Senators
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