ext_6271 ([identity profile] wolfinthewood.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] wolfinthewood 2007-10-06 12:03 pm (UTC)

In John Masefield's children's story The Box of Delights (1935) a couple of crooks disguised as curates 'teach' the schoolboy Kay the game of 'spotting-the-lady' and diddle him out of half-a-crown.

I'm certain there must be earlier references, but I can't offhand find one right now.
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