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- like a thief in the night
like a thief in the night
like a thief in the night
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 |
|---|
| Aatto | | AH:T-to | Finnish |
| Roydon | | ROI-dən | English (Rare) |
| Godric | | GAHD-rik (English) | Anglo-Saxon |
| Graciana | | grah-THYAH-nah (Spanish), grah-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-nə (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| 'Avimelekh | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Anu (2) | | - | Near Eastern Mythology |