pennyweightingn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnɪweɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛniˌweɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pennyweight n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pennyweight n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier pennyweight n. 3, pennyweighter n.

U.S. Criminals' slang. Now rare.

The theft of jewellery, typically through sleight of hand substitution of fake stones for real ones in a jeweller's shop, etc.

ΚΠ

1893 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily Republican 14 June 1/5 W. W. Varney, the diamond thief, is the man who..did the big pennyweighting job at Jeweler Michie's, in Cincinnati.

1903 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief iii. 56 Penny~weighting is very ‘slick’ graft... A man..enters a jewelry store and looks at some diamond rings... Then he goes to a fauny shop (imitation jewelry) and buys a few diamonds which match the real ones he has noted. Then he and his pal, usually a woman, enter the jewelry store and..one of them..substitutes the bogus diamonds for the good ones.

1924 G. S. Dougherty Criminal as Human Being iii. 89 Such a performance is sometimes staged in ‘penny-weighting’, but..only a single article can be taken by substitution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pennyweighting
释义	pennyweightingn. Brit. /ˈpɛnɪweɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛniˌweɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pennyweight n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pennyweight n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier pennyweight n. 3, pennyweighter n. U.S. Criminals' slang. Now rare. The theft of jewellery, typically through sleight of hand substitution of fake stones for real ones in a jeweller's shop, etc. ΚΠ 1893 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily Republican 14 June 1/5 W. W. Varney, the diamond thief, is the man who..did the big pennyweighting job at Jeweler Michie's, in Cincinnati. 1903 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief iii. 56 Penny~weighting is very ‘slick’ graft... A man..enters a jewelry store and looks at some diamond rings... Then he goes to a fauny shop (imitation jewelry) and buys a few diamonds which match the real ones he has noted. Then he and his pal, usually a woman, enter the jewelry store and..one of them..substitutes the bogus diamonds for the good ones. 1924 G. S. Dougherty Criminal as Human Being iii. 89 Such a performance is sometimes staged in ‘penny-weighting’, but..only a single article can be taken by substitution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893
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