Lob-crawling

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking. UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable

    "Ginger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling."

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"Ginger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling."

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