likeness
A phrase used by thieves when the officers or turnkeys are examining their countenance. As the traps are taking our likeness; the officers are attentively observing us.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
A phrase used by thieves when the officers or turnkeys are examining their countenance. As the traps are taking our likeness; the officers are attentively observing us.
–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
