What does kickseys mean?

kickseys

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete; Slang

"KICKSEYS, breeches; speaking of a purse, &c., taken from the breeches pocket, they say, it was got from the kickseys, there being no cant term for the breeches pocket. To turn out a man's kickseys, means to pick the pockets of them, […]"
"From a Rum-Tom-Pat's kickseys I knapp'd a green twitch, / And nearly got off the gold glims from his snitch."

kicksies (alternative)

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