Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. begging.

1839		H. Brandon Dict. of the Flash or Cant Lang. 168: Bob is gone durrynakin.
1847		G.M.W. Reynolds Mysteries of London III 66/1: Tim put on the tats yesterday, and went out a durry-nakin on the shallows, gadding the hoof.
1857		‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 39: [as cit. 1839].
1882		Sydney Sl. Dict. 9/1: Old Ann has gone a durrynackin with a fakement and some spunks for a blind. Old Ann has gone a-begging with a written placard and some matches for a blind.

2. fortune-telling, under the guise of lace-selling, usu. practised by gypsy women.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1861		(con. 1840s–50s) H. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor I 424/1: The next I’ll tell you about is durynacking, or duryking. The gypsies (and they’re called Romanies) are the leading mob at this racket [...] But there ’re plenty of travelling women who go about with a basket and a bit of driss (lace) in it, gammy lace, for a stall-off (a blind).
1873		Sl. Dict.