subs. (thieves’).—A fowl; CACKLING-CHEAT (q.v.): also BEAK. Whence BEAKER-HUNTER (or BEAK-HUNTER) = a poultry thief. Fr. estable, or estaphle.

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  1857.  SNOWDEN, Magistrates Assistant (3 ed.), 445. A poultry stealer. A BEAKER-HUNTER.

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