on the cross

English

Etymology

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Prepositional phrase

on the cross

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) dishonestly
    Synonym: on the crook
    • 1905, Arthur Morrison, Divers Vanities:
      […] in fact, any high mobs-man could get nine pounds each for tenners got “on the cross”; […]

Antonyms

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