うきす

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of うきす – see the following entry.
【浮巣】
[noun] [from 1170] a grebe's nest
[noun] [from 1892] (stall merchant cant) a boat; also the act of riding a boat
[noun] [from 1792] (stallkeeper or thief cant) a pickpocketer or thief that works on a boat
[noun] [from 1775] (dialect, Chūbu, Kansai) synonym of 目高 (medaka)
(This term, うきす (ukisu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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