板いたの間ま稼かせぎ

expression, noun

bathhouse thievery; stealing clothes and valuables at a bathhouse

Historical term for a specific type of theft that occurred in Edo-period public bathhouses, where a thief would steal bathers' belongings while they were bathing.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、板いたの間ま稼かせぎという風ふ呂ろ場ばでの窃せっ盗とうが問もん題だいになった。

  In the Edo period, a type of bathhouse theft called 板の間稼ぎ became a problem.