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Meaning of gooseberry lay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The stealing of linen hanging on a line.

archaic

Examples

“I soon had some kids in working order, and we done a good business - this was in the winter, and we all vent on the gooseberry lay - that means taking things from clothes lines - and ye see they would talk about it ven dey comes home, so that the landlord could hear 'em sometimes - being only a thin board partition between our room and his'n. […]”
How long have you been off the gooseberry lay, son?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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