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单词 cat and kitten sneaking
释义

cat and kitten sneaking

English

Noun

cat and kitten sneaking (uncountable)

  1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) The theft of pint and quart pots and small pewter spirit measures from public houses.
    • 1867, Jacob Larwood, ‎John Camden Hotten, The History of Signboards (page 177)
      In the police courts it is not uncommon to hear that such and such low persons have been "had up" for "cat and kitten sneaking," i.e., stealing quart and pint pots.

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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