Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Cloying
verbal subs. (old).—Stealing.
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1739. Poor Robin. Money is now a hard commodity to get, insomuch that some will venture their necks for it, by padding, CLOYING, milling, filching, nabbing, etc., all of which in plain English is only stealing.
