snib n.
(Scot. Und.) a petty thief; also as v.; thus snibbed adj., stolen.
![]() | Autobiog. 13: Young M’Guire was a well known snib. | |
![]() | Vulgar Tongue 44: Fence my snibbed lays Sell my stolen goods [...] The only snibs in the gaff The only prigs in the fair. | |
![]() | (con. 1890s) Pictures in the Hallway 134: It’s little leisure he’ll have to jingle his coins an’ count his gains snibbed from an’ oul’ innocent creature. |