单词 | cly |
释义 | clyn. Thieves' cant. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Cly, Money..Let's strike his Cly, let's get his Money from him; also a Pocket. Filed a Cly, Pickt a Pocket. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 345 No knuckler so deftly could fake a cly. 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold ii. i. 69 ‘They're just made for hooking a fogle out of a clye.’ Compounds cly-faker n. pickpocket. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket fig-boyc1555 foister1585 foist1591 pickpocket1591 bung1600 diver1608 pocket-picker1622 pocketeerc1626 bung-nipper1659 file1673 filer1674 shark1707 hoister1708 knuckle1781 knuckler1801 buzzgloak1819 cly-faker1819 fingersmith1819 knuck1819 fogle hunter1821 buzzman1832 nobbler1839 wire1851 gonoph1853 wirer1857 dip1859 moll-tooler1859 buzzer1862 hook1863 snotter1864 tool1865 pocket-cutter1885 dipper1889 pogue-hunter1896 pick1902 finger1925 whizz1925 whizzer1925 prat diggera1931 whizz-boy1931 whizz-man1932 reefer1935 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 163 Cly-faker, a pick-pocket. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xviii. 297 They were gentlemen sharpers, and not vulgar cracksmen and cly-fakers. cly-faking n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun] pocket-picking1662 palmistry1711 pickpocketing1742 filing-lay1743 pickpocketry1756 buzzing1819 fogle drawing1823 fogle hunting1823 pickpocketism1830 cly-faking1862 dipping1882 prat-digging1908 whizz1925 whizzing1925 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. ix. 88 ‘But what is cly-faking?’ said Charles. ‘Why a-prigging of wipes, and sneeze-boxes, and ridicules, and such.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018). clyv. Thieves' cant. 1. transitive. To seize; to take; to get. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] gripea900 afangOE to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE repeOE atfonga1000 keepc1000 fang1016 kip1297 seize1338 to seize on or upon1399 to grip toc1400 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 comprise1423 forsetc1430 grip1488 to put (one's) hand(s) on (also in, to, unto, upon)1495 compass1509 to catch hold1520 hap1528 to lay hold (up)on, of1535 seisin?c1550 cly1567 scratch1582 attach1590 asseizea1593 grasp1642 to grasp at1677 collar1728 smuss1736 get1763 pin1768 grabble1796 bag1818 puckerow1843 nobble1877 jump1882 snaffle1902 snag1962 pull1967 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giiii So may we..cly the Iarke..the ruffian clye thee. 1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. C2 The Ruffin cly the nab of the Harman beck. a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 48 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) Till..he be able..to nip a Ian, or clye the Iarke. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F3 Here, safe in our Skipper, let's cly off our Peck. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To Cly the Jerk, to be whipt. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xviii. 293 You deserve to cly the jerk for your patter. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xviii. 298 The ruffian cly thee, Guinea Pig, for stashing the lush. 2. esp. To steal. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all (1874) 8 They are sure to be Clyd in the night, by the Angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. C8 Cloy, to steal. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Claying the Bung, Cutting the Purse, or Picking the Pocket. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Cloy, to Steal. Cloy the Clout, to Steal the Hankerchief. 1739 Poor Robin Money is now a hard commodity to get, insomuch that some will venture their necks for it, by padding, cloying, milling, filching, nabbing, etc., all which in plain English is only stealing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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