| 单词 | picking and stealing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspicking and stealing a. Stealing, theft; (in later use) petty theft; pilfering; an instance of this. Esp. in picking and stealing (frequently with allusion to the Catechism: see quot. 1549 at α. ). Now rare (archaic). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] micherya1393 mitchinga1393 picking1402 purloining1417 pilferc1425 pickery1460 pilfering1548 filching1567 lurching1570 pilfery1573 petty larceny1578 filching-tradea1592 prigging1591 filchery1607 nimming1607 sneaking-budge1699 pilferage1732 cabbaging1774 weeding1819 pilferment1823 crib1855 filch1877 souveniring1919 α. β. 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 66 That almes is pykyng, y fynde it in thi boke.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ded. His pestilent pykynge of Peter pens out of youre realme.1590 in D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan (1885) I. 130 Guilty of pyking.1646 in J. I. Smith Sel. Justiciary Cases (1974) III. 722 It is ane grit unconsequence to argue frome privat and clandastene thiftis and pykingis in tyme of peace..to oppin raps and hostileteis and plunderingis in tyme of warr.1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 379 Engaging to pay for all sheep which were carried away, if above the number seven, which he styled lifting; if below seven, he only considered it as a piking.1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Cathechisme f. xi To kepe my handes from picking and stealing. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. sig. t4v Those have that under the colour of hearyng, gave themselves to privie pickyng and so bryng other mennes purses home in their bosomes. 1598 Mucedorus sig. B2v I can keepe my tongue from picking and stealing, and my handes from lying and slaundering. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 168 A covetous Priest that would put me to my wits end to compass the picking of his Loaves to get Bread. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 216 Picking, or petty Theft, is not an atrocious crime. 1753 Scots Mag. May 260/2 He had been in a continual practice of picking and stealing. 1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 437 Sheep..carried away, if above the number seven..[M'Gregor] styled lifting; if below seven, he only considered it as a picking. 1885 Overland Monthly Jan. 55/2 His hands were free from picking and stealing, and unstained with blood. 1956 Eng. Hist. Rev. 71 176 Tammany [Hall] was prepared for a time to keep its hands from picking and stealing for Alfred Emmanuel Smith, but felt no need..for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1990 A. Maidment I remember, I Remember (BNC) 61 It was an unwritten law which was drummed into us at school ‘to keep your hands from picking and stealing’ and this was obeyed by most youngsters. < as lemmas |
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