a footnote to fortochka

Sat Feb 5 20:15:23 UTC 2011

I think the phrase "cat burglar" would be accurate enough for quite a lot of purposes!

R.

On 5 Feb 2011, at 17:43, Steve Marder wrote:

>> Following the long thread on possible translations for fortochka, I  came
>> across the word fortochniki - burglars who break into your house via the
>> fortochka. I was wondering if anyone would like to rise to the challenge
>> of finding a suitable translation.
>> AM 

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