こそどろ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
こそ泥コソ泥

Etymology

Short for こそこそ泥棒(どろぼう) (kosokoso dorobō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こそどろ [kòsódóró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞so̞do̞ɾo̞]

Noun

こそどろ or コソどろ • (kosodoro) ^{←こそどろ (kosodoro)^?}

petty thief; small-time thief

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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