Green’s Dictionary of Slang

wiring n.1

[wire n.2 ]

(UK Und.) working as a professional pickpocket.

[UK]A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 69: S’elp me! if a mauley like that there ain’t worth a jemmy a day to a kenobe at wiring. Why, they’re just made for hooking a fogle out of a clye.