smatter-hauling

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The theft of handkerchiefs. UK,obsolete,slang,uncountable
    — At the end of the two years and a half I got into the way of forged Bank-of-England notes. A man I knew in the course of business, said, ‘I would cut that game of ‘smatter-hauling,’ (stealing handkerchiefs), and do a little soft,’ (pass bad notes).
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