subs. (thieves’).—Lace. Fr., la miche (pop., in allusion to the holes in a loaf of bread); la gratouse (thieves’: gratousé = adorned with lace); la paille (thieves’: also, straw, or chaff); la galuche (thieves’); le rayon de miel (thieves’).
1819. J. H. VAUX, A Vocabulary of the Flash Language, s.v.
1834. W. H. AINSWORTH, Rookwood, bk. III., ch. v. [see CAMESA].
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, vol. I., p. 233. Scotch Mary, with ‘DRIZ’ (lace), bound to Dover and back.
