subs. (thieves’).—See quot. 1859.
1839. W. A. MILES, Poverty, Mendicity, and Crime, p. 149, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon. A fellow that boards and lodges boys for the purpose of teaching them how to steal, putting them through a course of training, as a dog-trainer will train dogs for the hunt. The KIDSMAN accompanies the kid, and though committing no depredations himself, he controls and directs the motions of the others.
