单词 | prat-digging |
释义 | > as lemmasprat-digging 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 1908 J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 19 Pratt digging, stealing from the hip pocket. 1916 G. A. England Pod, Bender & Co. 291 It's a fact we've always been above such lays as pratt-digging. 1927 Writer's Monthly Nov. 390/1 The ‘pratt’..is a trousers pocket. ‘Pratt-digging’ is stealing the ‘pratt-leather’ from the hip. < as lemmas |
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