verb. (thieves’).—1. To hustle or rob. TO PUT ON THE FLIMP = to rob on the highway. For synonyms, see CRACK and PRIG.
1839. W. A. MILES, Poverty, Mendicity, and Crime, p. 111. To take a man’s watch is to FLIMP him, it can only be done in a crowd, one gets behind and pushes him in the back, while the other in front is robbing him.
1857. SNOWDEN, Magistrates Assistant, 3rd ed., p. 445, s.v.
2. (venery).—To copulate. For synonyms, see RIDE.
