Mill Lay (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Mill Lay

To force open the doors of houses in order to rob them.

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

To Mill * Miller

Nearby

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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