hoister noun.
['hɔɪstǝ] E18.[from HOIST verb1 + -ER1. Cf. HEISTER.]1. Orig., a housebreaker. Now, a shoplifter, a pickpocket.
slang.
E18.2. A person who hoists a flag etc., a contrivance for hoisting something.
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