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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

roguing Joe n.

also roguing Tom

[mid-16C–mid-17C SE rogue, to wander as a rogue or vagrant]

(W.I.)

1. a wandering scrounger or pilferer.

1955

cited in Cassidy & LePage Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980).

2. the bag into which such a person places their finds.

1943

cited in Cassidy & LePage Dict. Jam. Eng. (1980).