English Explanatory Dictionary

thick as thieves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Intimate, close-knit, tight.

Pronunciation

En-au-thick as thieves.ogg

Word forms

thick as thieves thick as two thieves close as thieves

Etymology

From thick (“friendly, intimate”), first attested in 1827 as "thick as two thieves".

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