subs. phr. (thieves’).—Robbing rooms: specifically by window-entry: see JUMP.
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL., 500. I palled in with some older hands at the game, who used to take me PARLOUR-JUMPING.
subs. phr. (thieves’).—Robbing rooms: specifically by window-entry: see JUMP.
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL., 500. I palled in with some older hands at the game, who used to take me PARLOUR-JUMPING.
