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dub-lay

noun

Etymology

From dub (“a lockpick or key”) + lay (“a criminal racket or scheme”)

  1. derived from lǫgr
  2. derived from lacus
  3. derived from lai
  4. derived from *lókus✻
  5. inherited from *laguz✻
  6. inherited from *lagu✻
  7. inherited from lagu
  8. inherited from laie
  9. compounded as dub-lay — “dub + lay”

Definitions

  1. The robbing of houses by picking the locks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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