Thomas Eicher (eicher@mail.law.uiowa.edu)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:47:57 -0500
I think it comes from using a piece of celluloid to slip the
lock. Modern detective seem to prefer credit cards.
Tom Eicher
At 08:01 AM 6/23/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I was reading Bill Pronzini's short story "Stacked
Deck" last night, and
>there's a sentence in there about being able to
"loid" the lock on a window.
>It's obviously from context that he's referring to
breaking in, but I was
>wondering about the etymology of this word. Or was it
a misprint, maybe?
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