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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Shop-lifting | |
| is secretly purloining goods from a shop. Dekker speaks of the lifting-law—i.e. the law against theft. (Gothic, hlifan, to steal; hliflus, a thief; Latin, levo, to disburden.) | 1 |
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