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Definition: CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE |
CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE1. [F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Chevalier d'Industrie A man who lives by his wits and calls himself a gentleman. "Denicheur de fauvettes, chevalier de l'ordre de l'industrie, qui va chercher quelque bon nid, quelque femme qui lui fasse sa fortune."- Gongam, ou l'Homme Prodigieux (1713). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Thief | Cut purse, pick purse; pickpocket, light-fingered gentry; sharper; card sharper, skittle sharper; thimblerigger; rook, Greek, blackleg, leg, welsher; defaulter; Autolycus, Jeremy Diddler, Robert Macaire, artful dodger, trickster; swell mob, chevalier d'industrie; shoplifter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE |
| English words defined with "CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE": Knight of industry. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (spiv). |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 48 45 56 41 4C 49 45 52 44 27 49 4E 44 55 53 54 52 49 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001000 01000101 01010110 01000001 01001100 01001001 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000100 00100111 01001001 01001110 01000100 01010101 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C H E V A L I E R   D ' I N D U S T R I E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0048 0045 0056 0041 004C 0049 0045 0052 0044 0027 0049 004E 0044 0055 0053 0054 0052 0049 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3742395635464339522389434838555354524339 |
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