gooseberry lay
English
Noun
gooseberry lay (plural gooseberry lays)
- (archaic, thieves' cant) The stealing of linen hanging on a line.
References
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1893) “gooseberry lay”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume III, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 183.