Avoir du pois Lay (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Avoir du pois Lay

Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops. Cant.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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