"smatter-hauling" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:",
          "text": "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).",
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        "The theft of handkerchiefs."
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        "(UK, slang, obsolete) The theft of handkerchiefs."
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