verb (thieves’).—To conceal the operations of a pickpocket; to COVER (q.v.).
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL., 506. So my pal said, ‘FRONT me (cover me), and I will do him for it.’
verb (thieves’).—To conceal the operations of a pickpocket; to COVER (q.v.).
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL., 506. So my pal said, ‘FRONT me (cover me), and I will do him for it.’
