单词 | inside stand |
释义 | > as lemmasinside stand inside stand n. slang (see quot. 1935). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > insinuate member of gang inside stand1932 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xiii. 227 Oily's got himself into the house, and he's planning to let Soup in when he's good and ready... It's what's known as the inside stand. 1935 Punch 4 Dec. 637/3 The ‘inside stand’, as the business of insinuating a member of a gang into the doomed house is called. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing v. 54 The butler turned out to be one of a gang of crooks, planted in the house to make it easy for them to break in. The inside stand, it's called. < as lemmas |
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