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Tommysgirl
Another word I still occasionally use is 'slincing', or 'to slince'. It's a Surrey thing (I lived near Guildford for eight years), which is sometimes modified to 'slancing' or 'to slance'. I don't know if it's used anywhere else.
It means, sort of, non-criminal theft, or 'cheeky helping yourself'.
'Who's slinced the last biscuit?' or 'Someone's been slincing the meat'.
When you had family round for Sunday dinner, you'd serve the dinner and if there was a bit of chicken or meat left, that would do for sandwiches the next day. My then Father-in-law (who was known as Ape due to his uncanny resemblance to an oran-utan) usually offered to do the dishes while everyone else went to have a sit down.
Monday morning, I'd go to make my sarnies for work and more often than not, the bit of meat that had been tubbed and put in the fridge was decidedly smaller than I remembered. The usual comment from the family...'Ape has been slincing again!'
Not a word used in my earlier Hampshire days. My dad just called it 'tidying it up' when he did the dishes! My Mum accused him of having 'second dinner'.
You would understand the idea @Tommysgirl when you put a bit of feed out for the spuggies or the robins, and the pigeons come along and slince it all!
