subs. (thieves’).—Pocket-picking. For synonyms, see PUSH.
1851. BORROW, Lavengro, ch. xxxi., p. 112 (1888). ‘What do you mean by CLY-FAKING?’ ‘Lor, dear! no harm; only taking a handkerchief now and then.’
1861. H. KINGSLEY, Ravenshoe, ch. lx. Well, sir, I won’t deny that the young woman is Bess, and perhaps she may be on the cross, and I don’t go to say that what with flimping, and with CLY-FAKING, and such-like, she mayn’t be wanted.
