释义 |
drumming noun daylight-theft from empty premises UK From DRUMAfter being caught, debabbed, and ducked in a fountain, he gave up this form of “drumming”[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 15, 1956 Drumming is what you might call basic burglary. You pick a dead gaff–a house you know or think is empty–sound the drum by knocking at the front door to make sure[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 32, 1956 |