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creep
noun- an objectionable or unpleasant person; a dull or insignificant person US, 1926
- Then some nits comes in and stands near me; some middle-aged creeps with toffee-nosed accents[.] — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 102, 1964
- What’s this! Women’s magazines. You poor creep! — Geoff Brown, I Want What I Want, p. 75, 1966
- I got this here album by this bunch of Limey creeps called Jethro Tull[.] — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, p. 133, 1973
- My name’s Dawn, you creep[.] — Jay Saporita, Pourin’ It All Out, p. 86, 1980
- I’m a creep / I’m a weirdo[.] — Radiohead, Creep, 1993
- He was a wart in creep’s clothing. — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 190, 2003
- a prisoner who is neither respected nor liked US
- Very often, a “creep” to escape general harassment will pay tribute to one particular “gee” and will be taken under his protection. — American Speech, p. 194, October 1951: “A study of reformatory argot”
- a thief who operates in hotels, entering unlocked rooms as the guests sleep UK, 1877
- Often creeps would check into the hotel, in order to have a plaus-ible explanation if challenged by a corridor patrol. — Dev Collans with Stewart Sterling, I was a House Detective, p. 32, 1954
- Some Creeps wear thick woollen socks over their shoes. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 11, 1956
- a drug addict who relies on the kindness of other addicts for small amounts of drugs US
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 60, 1971
- a furtive arrival or departure US
- The Chicagoans, including some of the Austin High Gang, were pulling a creep in a dozen different directions. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 129, 1946
- a prisoner who steals from other prisoners at night US
- We also have a group of prisoners called “creeps” or “night-crawlers,” who prowl the dormitory at night and steal from the other sleeping prisoners. — James Blake, The Joint, p. 21, 15 April 1951
- a sex offender US
- Creeps never “get a hang-out card” (command enough respect to mingle and converse freely with other prisoners). — Miguel Pinero, Short Eyes, p. 123, 1975
▶ on the creep
used of a thief who is working UK- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 82, 1996
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