Meaning of smatter-hauling | Babel Free

Definitions

The theft of handkerchiefs.

UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable

Examples

“At the end of the two years and a half I got into the way of forged Bank-of-England notes. A man I knew in the course of business, said, ‘I would cut that game of ‘smatter-hauling,’ (stealing handkerchiefs), and do a little soft,’ (pass bad notes).”

CEFR level