subs. (old).—A housebreaker’s tool; see quot., 1754.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1754. The Scoundrel’s Dictionary, ‘The black Prosession,’ p. 30. [An instrument to lift up a grate or grating, to steal what is in the window.]
| The Ninth is a GINNY, to lift up the Grate, | |
| If he sees but the Lurry with his Hooks he will bait. |
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
