lob-crawling

noun

Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.

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Meanings

nounlob-crawling (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteslanguncountableTheft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.

    Ginger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling.

    1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago
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lob-crawling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lob-crawling

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