Hookers

A thief who used a hook to snatch articles out of apartments or houses with open, unattended windows. Handy employment for shepherds lost in the big city without a flock to tend to.

“The Courber, which the common people call the Hooker with a Curb or hook, doth pull out of a window any loose linen cloth, apparel, or else any other household stuffe.”

Robert Greene, Art of Conny-catching (1592).

Scale of 1 to 10: 3.