A New Canting Dictionary: comprehending all the terms, antient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters ... and all other clans of cheats and villains. Interpsersed with proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches ... With a preface, giving an account of the original progress, &c. of the canting crew ... To which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect1725 |
Common terms and phrases
alfo almoſt alſo Bawd beat becauſe Beggars beſt Bite Blow Booty Breeches Budge Bully Buſineſs Canters Canting Crew Canting Sense Cauſe Cheat Cloak Cloaths cloſe Cove Crew Cull Cully Darkmans Deſign didſt Drink drunk eſpecially faid falſe fame Fencing FILCHING filly filly Fellow firſt FLOGG Fool forry fuch Gang Glaſs Gypsies hang'd Hedge Horſe Houſe Juſtice lewd Liquor Lour meer Miſtreſs Money Mort moſt Newgate Order of Villains paſs Perſon plunder Pocket poor preſently pretending Priſon Publick Purſe QUEERE Rapparees reſt Rogue ſaid ſame ſay ſeize Senſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſharp Sharper ſhe ſhew Shilling ſhort ſignifies ſmall ſo called ſome ſometimes SONG ſpeak ſpend ſtand ſteal ſticks Stollen ſtrong ſuch ſwear Sword ther theſe Thief Thieves thoſe thou tipt Trick Tyburn us'd uſed Wapping warrant thee Wench wheedle whip whipt Whore whoſe Woman Women