Smatter-hauling
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The theft of handkerchiefs. UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
"At the end of the two years and a half I got into the way of forged Bank-of-England notes. A man I knew in the course of business, said, ‘I would cut that game of ‘smatter-hauling,’ (stealing handkerchiefs), and do a little soft,’ (pass bad notes)."
Example
More examples"At the end of the two years and a half I got into the way of forged Bank-of-England notes. A man I knew in the course of business, said, ‘I would cut that game of ‘smatter-hauling,’ (stealing handkerchiefs), and do a little soft,’ (pass bad notes)."
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