second-story man

The definition of a second-story man is a burglar who typically enters a building through an upstairs window.

(noun)

An example of second-story man is someone climbing up a fire escape and breaking into an upstairs apartment.

See second-story man in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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Informal a burglar who enters a building through an upstairs window

See second-story man in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Informal

A burglar adept at entering through upstairs windows.

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