"angle for farthings" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-angle for farthings.ogg Forms: angles for farthings [present, singular, third-person], angling for farthings [participle, present], angled for farthings [participle, past], angled for farthings [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=angle for farthings}} angle for farthings (third-person singular simple present angles for farthings, present participle angling for farthings, simple past and past participle angled for farthings)
  1. (obsolete, idiomatic) To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string. Tags: idiomatic, obsolete Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-angle_for_farthings-en-verb-nbORGbI5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete, idiomatic) To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string."
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