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Society cat burglar

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An allusion to the gentleman thief archetype popular in literature and film, such as Cary Grant's character in 'To Catch a Thief.'

Appearance

Mentioned once in Are You Being Served?.

Are You Being Served?

Season 4 · Episode 22 · S04E22

“Even as a child I always fancied I might make a first-rate society cat burglar.”
— Niles

From the same episode and category.

“Are You Being Served?”

“bubble-wraps his crepe pan and heads south towards sunny Santa Fe”

“Well, at least you stopped short of saying, 'I'll be fricasseeing you.'”

“let's not say goodbye, but rather 'tartar' for now”