There were two or three children sleeping on the straw with which the tents were littered; a couple of donkeys were grazing in the lane, and a thievish-looking dog was lying before the fire.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Nay, yet had I liever be captain of Calais; For, and I should do after your school, To learn to patter to make me peevish, Yet had I liever look with a face full thievish: And therefore, prate no lenger here, Lest my knave's fist hit you under the ear.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
I feel again as I did when I came here ten years ago, and when thievish longings would often get hold of me on watching the dawn of the hot days that were to shine on my empty stomach.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)