subs. (thieves’).—A term of confinement in a reformatory.
1879. J. W. HORSLEY, ‘Autobiography of a Thief,’ in Macmillan’s Magazine, XL. 501. She is young—just come from a SCHOOLING.
2. (thieves’).—See quot.
1888. Globe, 25 March. A batch of these grimy ones being brought up the other day for playing pitch and toss—in the local vernacular, SCHOOLING—in a public place, their counsel argued that they were driven to it by destitution.
