[Ads-l] Antedating of "smash and grab"

[Steven Losie]

SMASH AND GRAB (OED, n. 1927)

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Shop window thieves of the "smash and grab" type did a quick and profitable
piece of business in Newgate-street, London, this morning.
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Source: "An Impudent Theft." Manchester (England) Evening News, 4 September
1908, p.4, col.6 (Newspapers.com)
Link:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/938285229/?match=1&terms=%22smash%20and%20grab%22

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