Word: underhanded
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...book in his pocket or his bag, or concealed among his own books, we may drop the "thief" if we like, because in most cases he means to return the book, and in some cases does so, but he is no less a sneak, for he does in an underhand way and to secure a mean advantage for himself, what he cannot do openly and with the knowledge of those responsible, for the room. When a man signs a fictitious name, or another name than his own, in charging a book to be taken out so out that...