Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lob-crawling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: lob-crawl-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ginger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling."

Usage

Questions

What does lob-crawling mean?: Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking.

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