subs. (Australian thieves’) = False pretences. Hence TO GIVE ON THE BILLIARD-SLUM (see MACE) = to obtain goods on credit without intention of paying; to sponge upon an acquaintance by continually begging or borrowing (VAUX’S Memoirs).
subs. (Australian thieves’) = False pretences. Hence TO GIVE ON THE BILLIARD-SLUM (see MACE) = to obtain goods on credit without intention of paying; to sponge upon an acquaintance by continually begging or borrowing (VAUX’S Memoirs).
