PECCAVI. I have sinned; I am wrong; a confession of wrong.
PECK. Food.
PECK AND BOOZE. Food and drink.
PECKISH. Hungry.
PECULIAR. A mistress.
PED. A basket.
PEDDLER'S PONY. A walking-stick.
PEEL. Strip; undress.
PEEPER. A spy-glass; an opera-glass; a looking-glass. "Track up the
dancers and pike with the peeper," jump up stairs and run off with the
looking-glass.
PEEPERS. Eyes.
PEEPING TOM. A curious, prying fellow, who minds other people's business
more than his own.
PEEPY. Drowsy.
PEER. To look cautiously about; to be circumspect; careful.
PEERY. Suspicious. "The bloke's peery," the man suspects something.
"There's a peery, 'tis snitch," we are observed, nothing can be done.
PEGTANTRUM. Dead.
PELT. A passion; rage. "What a pelt the cull is in," what a passion the
fellow is in.
PENNYWEIGHT. Jewelry; gold and silver trinkets.
PEPPERY. Warm; passionate.
PERSUADERS. Spurs. "The kiddy clapped his persuaders to his prad, but it
was no go, the trap boned him," the highwayman spurred his horse hard,
but the officer seized him.
PETER. A portmanteau; a travelling-bag; a trunk; an iron chest; a
cash-box.
PETER-BITER. A man who steals baggage at hotels, railroad depots, and
from the back of coaches.
PHARO. Strong malt liquor.
PHARSE. The eighth part.
PHILISTINES. Police officers; officers of justice.
PHIZ. The face. "A rum phiz," an odd face.
PHYSOG. The face.
PICAROON. A sharper; a rogue.
PICKLE. A smart fellow.
PICKLING. Stealing; petit larceny.
PICKLING-TUBS. Shoes and boots.
PICTURE-FRAME. The gallows.
PIECE. A prostitute.
PIG. A police officer. "Floor the pig and bolt," knock down the officer
and run away.
PIG TOGETHER. Sleep together, two or more in a bed.
PIG WIDGEON. A simple fellow.
PIG'S EYES. Small eyes.
PIG'S FOOT. A jimmy cloven at one end like a pig's foot.
PIGEON. A thief that joins in with other thieves to commit a crime, and
then informs the officer, who he pigeons for; and for this service the
officer is supposed to be _occasionally_ both deaf and blind.
PIKE. To run away; to pike off.
PILCHER. A stealer; generally applied to fellows who steal
pocket-handkerchiefs.
PILGARLIC. I; myself. "There was no one with him but Pilgarlic," he was
alone.
PIMP. A boarding-house runner; an attaché of a bawdy-house.
PIMPLE. The head.
PIN. To drink one's allotted share.
PIN-BASKET. The youngest child; the baby.
PIN-MONEY. Money received by a married woman for prostituting her
person.
PINCH. To steal.
PINCHED. Arrested.
PINCHERS. Sometimes called "Exchangers;" fellows who go into stores or
exchange offices with a twenty-dollar gold coin and ask to have it
changed for bank bills, and after receiving the bills, suddenly pretend
to have changed their minds, and, handing the bills back again, make
very profuse apologies for the trouble they have given, etc., etc. The
man during the short time that he had the money in his possession,
contrived to change bad bills for some of the good ones.
PINK. To stab.
PINKED. Stabbed.
PINKED BETWEEN THE LACINGS. Convicted by reason of perjury. A man
encased in steel or iron is only vulnerable at those parts where his
corselet is laced; and hence when an honest man is convicted of a false
charge by a treacherous advantage of some weak point, he is said to be
"pinked between the lacings."
PINNED. Arrested.
PINNIPE. A crab.
PINNIPED. Sideways; crab-fashion.
PINS. Legs.
PIPER. A short-winded person; a broken-winded horse.
PIPING. Following; trailing; dogging; looking after; watching.
PIT. A pocket.
PLAIUL. Go home.
PLANT. To bury; to conceal. Stolen goods are said to be planted when
they are concealed. "Plant your wids and stow them," be careful what you
say.
PLANTER. One who hides stolen property.
PLANTING. Hiding; concealing.
PLASTIC. A model artist.
PLATE. Money.
PLATE OF MEAT. A street or highway.
PLAYED OUT. Exhausted; expended.
PLAYTHINGS. Burglar's tools.
PLUCK. To pull.
PLUCK THE RIBBON. Pull the bell.
PLUMB. Honest; upright; good.
PLUMBY. It is all right, or as it should be; we have plenty; they have
enough.
PLUMP. Rich; plenty of money. "A plump skin," a full purse.
PLYER. A crutch.
POGY. Drunk.
POINT. To pay.
POKE. A pocket; a purse.
POLISHER. One who is in prison. "The cove polishes the people's iron
with his eyebrows," the fellow looks out of the grated windows of his
prison.
POLL. The head.
POLL HIM. Get hold of the property, and then refuse to pay for it.
POLT. A blow. "Lend the pam a polt in the muns," give the fool a blow in
the face.
POMP. The game. "Save the pomp," save the game.
PONCE. A man who is kept by a woman.
PONCESS. A woman that keeps a man by prostitution.
POND. The ocean.
PONEY. Money. "Post the poney," put down the money.
PONGELO. Drink; liquor.
POP. To pawn; to shoot.
POPS. Pistols. "I popped the bloke," I shot the fellow.
POPSHOP. Pawnbroker's shop.
PORK. To inform the coroner of the whereabouts of a corpse.
PORKER. A saddle. Saddles are mostly made of hog's skins.
PORT ST. MARTIN. A valise; a portmanteau.
POSH. Money; smallest piece of money.
POST. Pay; put up.
POST THE COLE. Pay the money.
POT-HUNTER. A poor person who steals food only to prevent himself from
starving.
POUCH. A pocket.
POULTERER. A fellow who opens letters, abstracts the money and then
drops them back into the post-office box. "The kiddy was pulled for the
poultry rig," the boy was arrested for opening letters and robbing them.
PRAD. A horse.
PRAD-BORROWERS. Horse-thieves.
PRAD-LAY. Stealing horses.
PRANCER. A horse.
PRATE ROAST. A talkative fellow.
PRATER. A hen.
PRATING CHEAT. The tongue.
PRATT. Back parts.
PREMONITORY. The penitentiary.
PRIG. A thief.
PRIGGER-NAPPER. A police officer.
PRIGGERS. Thieves in general.
PRIGSTAR. A rival in a love affair.
PRIM. A handsome woman.
PRIME TWIG. First-rate condition.
PROD. A cart or wagon; a coach.
PROG. Food.
PROP. A breast-pin.
PROPS. Dice.
PROSPECTING. Looking for something to steal.
PUFFERS. Peter Funks.
PULL. To arrest. To "pull a purse," is to steal a purse.
PUNCH. A blow struck with the fist. "A punch in the day-light, the
victualling-office, or the haltering place," a blow in the eye, the
stomach, or under the ear.
PUNK. A bad woman.
PUPPY. Blind.
PUSH. A crowd.
PUT. An ignorant clown.
PUT A FELLOW UP TO HIS ARMPITS. Cheated by his companions of his share
of the plunder.
PUT AWAY. Locked up; imprisoned.
PUT TO BED WITH A SHOVEL. Buried in the earth.
PUT UP. Information given to thieves by persons in the employ of parties
to be robbed, such as servants, clerks, porters, etc., whereby the thief
is facilitated in his operations.
PUT UP JOB. A job is said to be put up if the porter of a store should
allow a "fitter" to take an impression of the keys of the door or the
safe; or when a clerk sent to the bank to make a deposit, or to draw an
amount of money, allows himself to be thrown down and robbed, in order
to have his pocket picked.
PUZZLE-COVE. A lawyer.
Q
QUACKING CHEAT. A duck.
QUAG. Unsafe; not reliable; not to be trusted.
QUAIL. An old maid.
QUAIL-PIPE. A woman's tongue.
QUAKING-CHEAT. A calf or a sheep.
QUANDARY. What shall I do.
QUARREL-PICKER. A glazier.
QUARROON. A body.
QUARTERED. To receive a part of the profits.
QUASH. To kill; the end of; no more.
QUEAN. A slut; a worthless woman.
QUEEN DICK. Never. "It happened in the reign of Queen Dick," it never
occurred; has never been.
QUEEN STREET. "The joskin lives in Queen Street," the fool is governed
entirely by his wife.
QUEER. Counterfeit bank bills; base; roguish; worthless.
QUEER. To puzzle. "The cove queered the full bottom," the fellow puzzled
the judge. "The bloke queered his ogles among the bruisers," he had his
eyes blacked by the pugilists.
QUEER BIRDS. Reformed convicts who return to their old profession.
QUEER BLUFFER. The keeper of a rum-shop that is the resort of the worst
kind of rogues, and who assists them in various ways.
QUEER BURY. An empty purse.
QUEER COLE FENCER. A passer of bad money.
QUEER COLE MAKER. One who makes bad money.
QUEER PRANCER. A bad horse.
QUEER ROOSTER. A fellow that lodges among thieves to hear what they have
to say, and then imparts his information to officers for a
consideration.
QUEMAR. Burn the fellow.
QUES. Points.
QUIDS. Cash; five dollars. "The swell tipped the mace cove fifty quids
for the prad," the gentleman gave fifty dollars for the horse.
QUINSEY. Choaked. "Quinsey the bloke while I frisk his sacks," choke the
fellow while I pick his pockets.
QUOD. Prison.
QUOTA. Share. "Tip me my quota," give me my share.
R
RABBIT. A rowdy. "Dead rabbit," a very athletic rowdy fellow.
RABBIT-SUCKERS. Young spendthrifts; fast young men.
RACKLAW. A married woman.
RAG. A dollar. "Not a rag," not a dollar.
RAG-WATER. Intoxicating liquor of all kinds. If frequently taken to
excess, will reduce any person to rags.
RAGGED. Abused; slandered.
RAGS. Paper money. "Poor cove, rags are few with him," poor fellow,
money is not plenty with him.
RAILS. Curtain lectures.
RAINBOW. A footman; so called from the fact that he wears livery, or
garments of different colors.
RAINY DAY. A day of sickness; a day of want; bad times and rainy days.
RAKE. To apportion; share.
RALPH. A fool.
RAMMER. The arm. "The copper seized my rammer, and run me like a prad to
the wit," the officer laid hold of my arm, and run me like a horse to
prison.
RAMP. To snatch; to tear anything forcibly from the person. Pickpockets
are said to be ramping a man when a number of them rush on him as if in
a great hurry to pass, but manage to run against him, and in the flurry
pick his pocket.
RANCAT COVE. A man covered with fur.
RANDY. Unruly; rampant.
RANGLING. Intriguing with a number of women.
RAP. To take a false oath; to curse.
RAPPER. A perjurer.
RASCAGLION. A eunuch.
RAT. A trick; a cheat. "To smell a rat," to suspect.
RATTLE. A hackney coach.
RATTLING COVE. A coachman.
READ AND WRITE. Flight. "He took to _read and write_ with Joe in
Daisyville."
READER. A pocket-book.
READER MERCHANTS. Pickpockets who operate in and about the banks.
READY. Cash.
RECKON. Cheat.
RECRUITING. Thieves hunting for plunder.
RED. Gold; a cent.
RED FUSTIAN. Porter or red wine.
RED LANE. The throat.
RED RAG. The tongue. "Shut your potato-trap and give the red rag a
holiday," shut your mouth and let your tongue rest.
RED RIBBON. Brandy.
RED SUPER. A gold watch.
REDGE. Gold.
REEFING. Drawing. "Reefing up into work," drawing up the pocket until
the purse or portmonnaie is within reach of the fingers.
REGULARS. Share or portion. "The coves cracked the swell's crib, fenced
the swag, and then each bloke napped his regulars," the fellows broke
open a gentleman's house, sold the goods to a receiver, and each man
received his portion.
REP. A man of good reputation.
REPS. A woman of good reputation.
REVERSED. A man made to stand on his head by rowdies, in order that his
money may fall out of his pockets. It is then picked up as money found.
RHINO. Money.
RHINO FAT. Being rich.
RIB. A cross, ill-natured wife.
RIB-ROAST. The act of scolding a husband unmercifully by his wife.
RIBBON. Liquor.
RICHARDSNARY. A dictionary.
RIG. Joke; fun.
RIGGING. Clothing.
RIGHT. All right; just as it was wished to be.
RIGHT SORT. One of your kind; a good fellow.
RIGHTS. "To rights," clear. "Oh! then, you are _to rights_ this time,"
there is a clear case against you.
RING. To ring in is to join in with another and appear to think as he
thinks; to intrude; to force one's self into company where he is not
wanted.
RIP. A poor devil.
RIPPERS. Spurs.
ROAST. To arrest.
ROBIN'S MEN. From Robin Hood. Expert thieves; grand larceny men; bank
robbers, etc.
ROCKED IN A STONE CRADLE. Born in a prison.
RODGER. A portmanteau.
ROGUE. "_Rogue_ and pulley," a man and woman going out to rob gentlemen.
ROLL OF SNOW. A roll of linen.
ROME COVE. A king; the president.
ROME MORT. A queen.
ROME VILLE. New-York.
ROMONERS. Fortune-tellers.
ROMONEY. A gipsy.
ROOFER. A hat.
ROOK. A cheat.
ROOST-LAY. Stealing poultry.
ROPED. Led astray; taken in and done for.
ROPER-IN. A man who visits hotels and other places for the purpose of
ingratiating himself with persons who are supposed to have plenty of
cash and little prudence, and inducing them to visit gaming-houses.
ROSE. A secret.
ROTAN. Any wheeled carriage.
ROUGH MUSIC. Noise made by beating old tins.
ROUGHS. Men that are ready to fight in any way or shape.
ROUND. Good.
ROUND ABOUT. An instrument used by burglars to cut a large hole into an
iron chest or door.
ROUND ROBIN. A burglar's instrument.
ROUNDING. Informing; giving information.
ROVERS. Thoughts.
RUB. Run. "Don't rub us to wit," don't run us to prison.
RUB US TO WIT. Send us to prison.
RUFFELS. Hand-cuffs.
RUFFIAN. The devil. "May the ruffian nab the cuffin queer, and let the
copper twine with his kinchins around his colquarren," may the devil
take the justice, and let the policeman be hanged with all his children
about his neck. "The ruffian cly you," the devil take you.
RUG. Sleep.
RUGG. It is all right.
RUM BITE. A smart cheat; a clean trick.
RUM BLOWEN. A handsome girl.
RUM BLUFFER. A jolly landlord.
RUM CHUB. A fellow.
RUMBEAK. A magistrate that can be bribed.
RUMBING. A full purse.
RUMBLE THE FLATS. Playing cards.
RUMBO. A prison.
RUMBOB. A money-drawer.
RUMBOB. A young apprentice.
RUMBOSE. Wine or any kind of good drink.
RUMBUGHER. A valuable dog.
RUN. Fine; good; valuable.
RUN IN. Arrested.
RUNNING HIM THROUGH. A term used by gamblers when they play with a
sucker, and don't give him a chance to win a single bet.
RUSHERS. House-breakers who break into country houses.
RUSTY. Ill-natured. His tongue goes like a door on rusty hinges.
RYBUCK. All right; straight; it will do; I am satisfied.
RYDER. A cloak.
S
SACHEVEREL. An iron door.
SACK. A pocket.
SAINT GILES BUZZMAN. A handkerchief thief.
SAINT TERRA. A churchyard.
SAM. A stupid fellow.
SANGUINARY. Bloody.
SANS. Without; nothing.
SAWNEY. Bacon; fat pork.
SCAMP-FOOT. A foot-pad.
SCANDAL PROOF. One who has eaten shame and drank after it; or would
blush at being ashamed.
SCANDAL SOUP. Tea.
SCARCE. To slip away; to make one's self scarce.
SCAVOIR. Sharp; cunning; knowledge.
SCENT. Bad management. "The cove was nabbed on the scent," the fellow
was arrested by reason of his own bad management.
SCHEME. A party of pleasure.
SCHOFEL. Bad money.
SCHOFEL-PITCHERS. Passers of bad money.
SCHOOL. A gang of thieves. "A school of knucks," a gang of pickpockets.
SCHOOL OIL. A whipping.
SCHOOLING. Jostling; pitching.
SCOLD'S CURE. A coffin. "The blowen has napped the scold's cure," the
jade is in her coffin.
SCOT. A young bull.
SCOUR. To run away.
SCOUT. A watchman.
SCRAGG. The neck.
SCRAGGED. Hanged.
SCRAN. Food.
SCRANNING. Begging.
SCRAPE. Trouble.
SCRAPP. A plan to rob a house or commit any kind of roguery.
SCRAPPER. A pugilist.
SCRATCH. To write; to forge.
SCRATCH. Time agreed upon; to meet at the appointed time; to face
another.
SCRATCHER. A forger; a copyist.
SCREAVES. Paper money.
SCREEN. A bank-bill.
SCREW. A key.
SCREWING. Opening a lock with keys.
SCREWING UP. Choking; garroting. "Screw up the bloke, and that will stop
his blasted red rag from chanting beef," choke the man, and that will
prevent him from crying "stop thief."
SCREWSMAN. A burglar who works with keys, picks, dubs, bettys, etc.,
etc.
SCRIP. Writing-paper. "The bloke freely scratched the scrip, and tipped
me forty cases," the man readily signed the paper, and gave me forty
dollars.
SCROBE. A private chastisement.
SCROOF. To live with a friend, and at his expense.
SCROOFING. Living at a friend's expense. Thieves are in the habit of
scroofing with an old pal when they first come out of prison, until they
can steal something for themselves.
SCRUB. A mean fellow.
SCRUB-BADO. A mean, insignificant puppy; the lowest of the low; _the
itch_.
SCUTTLE. To cut a pocket.
SEA-CRAB. A sailor.
SEAVEY. Sense; knowledge.
SECRET. Cheated. "The bloke was let into the secret," the man was
cheated.
SEES. The eyes.
SEND. To drive or break. "Take the jimmy and send it into the jigger,"
take the crow and force it into the door.
SERENE. All right. It is all _serene_.
SERVE HIM OUT. Give him a good thrashing.
SERVED. Found guilty; convicted.
SET. Prepared beforehand; "a set thing;" a trap; a determined thing.
SETTER. A shadow; an officer in disguise, who points out the thief for
others to arrest.
SETTLED. Knocked down; murdered.
SETTLING. Killing. "Settling a bloke," killing a man.
SHADOW. A first-class police officer; one who possesses naturally the
power of retaining with unerring certainty the peculiar features and
characteristics of persons, added to the indomitable perseverance of the
slot-hound to follow his quarry.
SHADY. Quiet; out of sight; not easily found.
SHADY GLIM. A dark lantern.
SHAKE. A prostitute; one who gambles with dice; to shake; to draw any
thing from the pocket. "The knuck shook the swell of his fogle," the
pickpocket stole the gentleman's handkerchief.
SHAKEDOWN. A panel-thief or badger's crib.
SHAKESTER. A lady.
SHALERS. Girls.
SHALLY. A negative; a person that is never positive.
SHAM LEGGERS. Men who pretend to sell smuggled goods.
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SHAP. A hat.
SHAPES. Naked.
SHARK. A custom-house officer.
SHARP. A man that is well posted; one who "knows a thing or two;" a
gambler.
SHARPER. One who obtains goods or money by any kind of false pretense or
representation.
SHARPER'S TOOLS. A fool and false dice or cards.
SHAVER. A cheat.
SHEEN. Bad money.
SHEENEY. A Jew thief.
SHELF. A pawn-shop.
SHELION. A shilling.
SHERIFF'S BALL. An execution.
SHERO. The head.
SHERRID. Run away.
SHICKSTER. A woman.
SHIFTING. Cheating or stealing.
SHIGUS. A judge.
SHILLEY. No stability.
SHIN-BREAKING. Borrowing money.
SHINERAGS. Nothing.
SHINES. Gold coin.
SHOE-LEATHER. A phrase to denote some one is approaching.
SHOON. A fool; a country lout.
SHOOTING-STARS. Thieves who do not remain long in one place.
SHOP. A prison.
SHOPPED. Imprisoned.
SHOVE. Pass money. "Shove the blunt," spend the money. "Shove queer,"
pass counterfeit money.
SHOVING. Passing bad money.
SHRED. A tailor.
SHYCOCK. A man who is fearful of being arrested; shy of the officers.
SICER. Sixpence.
SICK. Imprisoned.
SIDE-POCKET. A drinking-saloon in an out-of-the-way-place; a resort for
thieves.
SIFTING. Examining; emptying purses or pocket-books for the purpose of
examining their contents, is called sifting.
SILENCE. To kill; to knock down.
SIMKIN. A fool.
SIMON. A simpleton.
SING. To cry aloud. "The cove sings beef," the fellow calls thief.
SING SMALL. Have little to say for yourself.
SINK. To cheat; to hide from a partner.
SINKERS. Thieves who do not divide fair with their companions.
SINKING. Cheating a partner; not dividing fair.
SKEP. A pocket full of money; a place for keeping money; a savings bank.
SKEW. A cup.
SKEWER. A sword or dagger.
SKILLEY. Prison fare.
SKIN. A purse. "The bloke's skin was full of honey," the man's purse was
full of money.
SKINK. A waiter.
SKINNERS. Small lawyers who hang about police offices and figuratively
skin their clients.
SKIP-KENNEL. A footman.
SKIPPER. A barn.
SKIT. Humbug; a joke.
SKULL. The head of the house; the President of the United States; the
Governor; the head man.
SKY-BLUE. Gin.
SKYCER. A mean, sponging fellow.
SLAMKIN. A slovenly female.
SLANEY. A theatre.
SLANG or SLAG. A watch-chain. "The knucks twisted the swell's thimble,
slang, and onions, and also touched his leather, but it was very lathy.
It only raked a case and a half; the thimble was a foist, but the slang
and onions were bene. The altemel of the swag raked only fifteen cases,"
the pickpockets stole a gentleman's watch, chain, and seals, and also
his pocket-book; but there was only a dollar and a half a piece for them
in it. The watch was a cheat, but the chain and seals were good. The
whole plunder divided gave the thieves fifteen dollars each.
SLANGED. Chained by the leg.
SLAP-BANG. An eating-house; a restaurant.
SLASH. Outside coat pocket.
SLAT. A half-dollar.
SLATE. A sheet.
SLAWEY. A female servant.
SLICK-A-DIE. A pocket-book.
SLIM. Punch.
SLINGTAIL. Poultry.
SLIPPERY. Soap.
SLOP. Tea.
SLOPS. Ready-made clothing.
SLOUGH. To bow the head.
SLUBBER. A heavy, stupid fellow.
SLUBBER DE GULLION. A mean fellow.
SLUICE YOUR GOB. Take a good long drink.
SLUICED. To drink. "The bene cove sluiced their gobs with slim till they
all snoozed in the strammel like sounders," the good fellow gave them
punch till they slept in the straw like hogs.
SLUM. A package of bank bills; a low drinking-place.
SLUMING. Passing spurious bills.
SLUMMING. Stealing packages of bank-bills.
SLY-BOOTS. A fellow that pretends to be a fool.
SMACK. To share. "Smack the swag," share the spoil.
SMACK. To swear on the Bible. "The queer cuffin bid me smack the
calf-skin, but I only bussed my thumb," the justice told me to kiss the
book, but I only kissed my thumb.
SMACKING COVE. A coachman.
SMALL SNOW. Children's linen.
SMART. Spruce.
SMASH. To change.
SMASH-FEEDER. A silver spoon.
SMASHER. Money-changer.
SMEAR. A plasterer; a mason.
SMEAR GILT. A bribe.
SMELLER. A nose.
SMELLING CHEAT. A bouquet.
SMELTS. Half-eagles; five dollars.
SMICKET. A woman's shift or skirt.
SMILE. To drink.
SMILER. A bumper.
SMIRK. A superficial fellow.
SMITER. The arm.
SMOKE. Humbug; any thing said to conceal the true sentiment of the
talker; to cover the intent.
SMOKE. To observe; to suspect; to understand.
SMOKY. Suspicious; curious; inquisitive.
SMOUCH. To steal.
SMUG. A blacksmith.
SMUSH. To seize suddenly; to snatch.
SMUT. Indecent.
SNABLE. To plunder; sometimes to kill.
SNAFFLERS. Highwaymen.
SNAGLING. Stealing poultry by putting a worm on a fish-hook, thereby
catching the fowl, then twisting their necks and putting them in a bag.
SNAGS. Large teeth.
SNAKE. A fellow that glides into a store or warehouse, and conceals
himself for the purpose of letting in his companions.
SNAKED. Arrested.
SNAM. To snatch.
SNAPPED. Arrested.
SNAPPER. A gun.
SNAPPERS. Pistols.
SNAPT. Arrested; caught.
SNEAK-THIEF. A fellow who sneaks into areas, basement-doors or windows,
or through front-doors by means of latch-keys, and entering the various
apartments, steals any thing he can carry off.
SNEAKING. Conveying away stolen goods.