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- thief in the night
thief in the night
thief in the night
A person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| LÜTfÜ | | - | Turkish |
| Bianca | | [bi'æŋkə] | |
| Klaus | | KLOWS (German, Finnish) | German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish |
| Darius | | [də'raiəs] | |
| Othniel | | AWTH-nee-əl (English) | Biblical |
| Reshmi | | - | Indian, Hindi, Bengali |