The Crack or All The Crack
“The fashionable theme, the go. The Crack Lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.”
“The fashionable theme, the go. The Crack Lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.”
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 
I will have to add some thieves into one of my books, just so I can use this term.
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Lol! I’ve never seen this phrase used in regard to burglary–didn’t know that was an alternate meaning until I found this, actually. I may have to try to work it in myself 😉
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