Thieves’ cant. [f. BUZZ v.3 + -ING1.] Pocket-picking.
1819. J. H. Vaux, Mem., I. xii. 140. I had not been accustomed to buzzing.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 29 Dec., 4/2. Descending somewhat in the scale of crime, we come to simple ‘buzzing,’ or the picking of pockets.
