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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 |
| Sutekh | | - | Egyptian Mythology |
| Soslan | | - | Ossetian |
| Wyatt | | WIE-ət | English |
| CÉSar | | THE-sahr (Spanish), SE-sahr (Latin American Spanish) | French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Aulus | | OW-luws | Ancient Roman |
| Cleena | | - | Irish |