Thieves’ Cant. Obs. (See quots.)
1591. Greene, 2nd Pt. Conny-catching, Wks. (Grosart), X. 86. In blacke Art [picking of lockes]. He that hooks, the Comber [read Courber as on p. 122] He that watcheth, the Warpe. Ibid., 122. When he … spyes any fat snappings worth the Curbing, then streight he [the Courber] sets the Warp to watch, who hath a long cloak to couer whatsoeuer he gets. Ibid., 123.
