To frisk (dip, pinch, or sneak) a lob, verb. phr. (old).—To rob a till.
To go on the lob = to go into a shop for change and to steal some.
Hence lob-sneaking = robbing tills; lob-crawler = a till-thief.
1742. C. Johnson, Highwaymen & Pyrates, 252. He was also very good
for the lob.
1868. Temple Bar, xxiv. 537. Stealing the till and opening the safe
is what we call lob-sneaking and Peter-screwing.
1877. Horsley, Jottings from Jail. Poor old Tim, the lob-crawler
fell from Racker and got pinched.
Verb. (old).—1. To droop; to sprawl.
1599. Shakspeare, Henry V., iv. 2. Their poor jades lob down their
heads.
1821. Egan, Real Life in London, i. 187. The dancing party ... were
lobbing their lolleys on the table.