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kinchin lay

kinchin lay noun: the robbing of children.

Noun

kinchin lay

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) The robbing of children.
    • This is still a popular form of the "Kinchin lay", and as the turbands are often of fine stuff, the petite industrie pays well.1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXV, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 259 footnote

Questions about kinchin lay

What does kinchin lay mean?
Kinchin lay means the robbing of children.
What part of speech is kinchin lay?
Kinchin lay is a noun.

Words near kinchin lay in the dictionary

  1. Kinchens
  2. Kinches
  3. kinchin
  4. kinchin cove
  5. kinchin coves
  6. kinchin lay
  7. kinchin mort
  8. kinchin morts
  9. Kinchinjunga
  10. kinchins
  11. kincob

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