A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.B. E.
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A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : $b With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.
B. E.
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Romanies -- Languages
_Worm’d out of_, Rookt, Cheated, Trickt.
_Wreath_, the Tail of a Boar; also a Torce between the Mantle and the
Crest.
X
_Xantippe_, a Scold; also the froward Wife of _Socrates_.
Y
_Yarmouth-Capon_, Red Herring.
_Yarmouth-Coach_, a sorry low Cart to ride on, drawn by one Horse.
_Yarmouth-Pie_, made of Herrings, highly Spic’d, and Presented by the
City of _Norwich_, (upon the forfeiture of their Charter) annually to the
King.
_Yarum_, c. Milk.
_Yea and Nay-Men_, Quakers.
_Yearn_, when Beagles bark and cry at their Game.
_Yellow_, Jealous.
_Yellow-boy_, c. Piece of Gold of any Coin.
_Yeoman of the Mouth_, an Officer belonging to his Majestie’s Pantry.
_Yoak’d_, Married.
_Yorkshire-Tike_, a Yorkshire manner of Man.
Z
_Zany_, a Mountebanks Merry-Andrew, or Jester, to distinguish him from a
Lord’s Fool.
_Zuche_, a wither’d or dry Stock or Stub of a Tree.
FINIS.
Transcriber’s Note
It’s fair to say that the typesetting of this book was _bad_, and it has
taken some cleanup to produce a usable e-text. Corrected without further
note:
Erroneous or omitted punctuation
Word spacing
Turned type (u for n, w for m, b for d, etc)
Broken type (v for y, n for h, etc)
Type substitutions that are easy to make in error (c for e, i for l,
P for F, etc)
Missing letters, if there was a clear gap indicating that one should
have been there and it was also obvious what the letter should
be
Repeated words
List of changes made to the text:
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