| 释义 |
flimp, v. slang.|flɪmp|
[Cf. WFlem. flimpe knock, slap in the face.]
trans. To rob in a certain manner (see quot.).
1839Brandon Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 111 (Farmer) To take a man's watch is to flimp him, it can only be done in a crowd, one gets behind and pushes him in the back, while the other in front is robbing him. 1862Cornh. Mag. Nov. 651 We are going a flimping, buzzing, cracking [etc.].
Hence flimp n. (see quot. 1857); ˈflimping vbl. n. Also ˈflimper, one who flimps.
1857‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulg. Tongue 8 Putting on the flimp. Garotte robbery. 1862H. Kingsley Ravenshoe III. xi. 180 What with flimping, and with cly-faking... ‘Flimping’ is a style of theft which I have never practised. |