"flimp" meaning in All languages combined

See flimp on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: flimps [present, singular, third-person], flimping [participle, present], flimped [participle, past], flimped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} flimp (third-person singular simple present flimps, present participle flimping, simple past and past participle flimped)
  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To steal; to commit petty theft. Tags: UK, obsolete

Inflected forms

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