Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Skim
subs. (thieves’).—See quot.
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1869. Daily News, 29 July, ‘Police Reports.’ They thought it contained his skim (money). They took down the bag without wakening him, and found that, instead of SKIM, the parcel contained two revolvers.
