The corpus record

τοιχωρύ̆χ-ος

toichoruchos · ὁ

one who digs through the wall

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Where it lives

Plutus 4 · 4.96/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

τοιχωρύ̆χ-ος · toichōrych-os — LSJ

one who digs through the wall, housebreaker, burglar, rascally

one who digs through the wall, i.e. housebreaker, burglar, sts. as term of abuse, Ar. Nu. 1327, Ra. 773, Pl. 204, Amips. 24, etc.; τ. καὶ ἱερόσυλοι Pl. Lg. 831e: as Adj., of things, ὦ τοιχωρύχον λαγύνιον rascally, Diph. 3.1.

In the wild

τοιχωρύχε · toichōryche Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1032)
τοιχωρύχος · toichōrychos Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 178)
τοιχωρύχε · toichōryche Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 725)
τοιχωρύχον · toichōrychon Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 755)
τοιχωρύχε · toichōryche Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 927)
τοιχωρύχοι · toichōrychoi Plato, Republic 1.344 (DIORISIS sentence 518)

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Where it came from

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