˜yÐÄvlog

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camp robber

noun

Chiefly Northern U.S. and Western Canada.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of camp robber1

First recorded in 1885–90; so called from its habit of pilfering food from campsites
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Canada jays are nicknamed camp robbers, and those at Rainier know when and where visitors congregate and how to cajole handouts.

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A delicate lace-winged insect lights on my tablet, and a saucy "camp robber," or mutton bird, wonders at the unusual sight of me, the big man animal brother.

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It is that which I am pondering while I am alone here in the desert; but my spirit is weak and that accursed camp robber made off with my volume of Plato.â€

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We had lunch, and the men covered the elk with pine boughs to keep the camp robbers from pecking it full of holes.

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The other is the friendly camp robber, who, with encouragement, not only will share your camp luncheon, but will gobble the lion's share.

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