Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
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John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes