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gooseberry lays

gooseberry lays is the plural of gooseberry lay.

Meaning of gooseberry lay

Noun

gooseberry lay (plural gooseberry lays)

  1. (archaic, thieves' cant) The stealing of linen hanging on a line.
    • I soon had some kids in working order, and we done a good business - this was in the winter, and we all vent on the gooseberry lay - that means taking things from clothes lines - and ye see they would talk about it ven dey comes home, so that the landlord could hear 'em sometimes - being only a...1865, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, page 315

Questions about gooseberry lays

What is gooseberry lays the plural of?
Gooseberry lays is the plural of gooseberry lay.

Words near gooseberry lays in the dictionary

  1. gooseberry eyes
  2. gooseberry garnet
  3. gooseberry gourd
  4. gooseberry gourds
  5. gooseberry lay
  6. gooseberry lays
  7. gooseberry pudding
  8. gooseberry puddings
  9. gooseberry rust
  10. gooseberry season
  11. gooseberry seasons

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