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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pik-,) Pyking, ppl. a. [Pike v.1] a. Of a thief: Pilfering; engaging in theft of a petty kind. b. Applied to theft: Petty. —1623 Dunferm. B. Rec. II. 143.
The assyse finds Cristiane Strang to be ane actuall pyking theiff 1664 Edinb. B. Rec. IX. 344. —1664 Justiciary Ct. Rec. I. 87.
The thefts were but pyking thefts
