subs. (old).—See quot. 1838. [KINCHIN (q.v.) + LAY (q.v.).]

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  1836.  DICKENS, Oliver Twist, xlii. The KINCHIN is the young children that’s sent on errands by their mothers, with sixpences and shillings; and the LAY is just to take their money away—they’ve always got it ready in their hands.

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  1871.  Standard, 13 Sept. The prisoner, it appeared, is an adept at the KINCHIN-LAY, a term known to the initiated for robbing children.

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