lob-crawling in English

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          "text": "1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago\nGinger Stagg was pinched for lob-crawling."
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        "Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking."
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          "shop",
          "shop"
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          "cash",
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          "till",
          "till"
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        "(UK, slang, obsolete) Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking."
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        "Theft from a shop's cash till by crawling stealthily towards it while the shop owner is not looking."
      ],
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        {
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      ],
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          "shop",
          "shop"
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          "cash",
          "cash"
        ],
        [
          "till",
          "till"
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"lob-crawling" meaning in English

Noun