subs. (thieves’).—A pickpocket: i.e., a member of the SWELL-MOB (q.v.).
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, iv. 25. MOBSMEN, or those who plunder by manual dexterity.
subs. (thieves’).—A pickpocket: i.e., a member of the SWELL-MOB (q.v.).
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, iv. 25. MOBSMEN, or those who plunder by manual dexterity.
