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panel-crib
panel-crib n. U.S. Criminals' slang Obsolete a prostitute's room with a secret entrance (often a sliding panel) through which a pickpocketing accomplice can enter; a house containing such rooms; cf. panel house n.
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1848 ‘N. Buntline’ Mysteries & Miseries N.Y. i. 14 We will leave her to seek a victim for her panel-crib, for she has long been an active panel-thief.
1892 W. S. Walsh Handy-bk. Lit. Curiosities 854 The lair of a panel-thief is called indiscriminately a panel-house, panel-crib, or panel-den.
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