English Explanatory Dictionary

dub-lay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The robbing of houses by picking the locks.

Word forms

dub-lay

Etymology

From dub (“a lockpick or key”) + lay (“a criminal racket or scheme”)

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