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
Entry _Academy_, “Genteleman” changed to “Gentleman” (Gentleman-like
Exercises)
Entry _Birds of a Feather_, “Brids” changed to “Birds” (To kill two
Birds)
Entry _Bone_, “or any other Goal” changed to “or any other Gaol”
Entry _Bowsingken_, “Dink” changed to “Drink” (Strong Drink)
Entry _Box_, “alse” changed to “false” (made false steps)
Entry _Case_, “don” changed to “done” (there’s no good to be done)
Entry _Chop-houses_, “boy’d” changed to “boyl’d” (boyl’d and roast
Mutton)
Entry _Cloy_, “Hankerchief” changed to “Handkerchief” (Steal the
Handkerchief)
Entry _Common Women_, “Sreets” changed to “Streets” (Plyers in the
Streets)
Entry _Coarse_, “he” changed to “the” (Course of the Moon)
Entry _Dead-men_, “Tarvern” changed to “Tavern” (on a Tavern-table)
Entry _Dells_, “off” changed to “of” (any of the Fraternity)
Entry _Dig the Badger_, “dislodg” changed to “dislodge” (dislodge him)
Entry _Domerars_, “Tougus” changed to “Tongues” (had their Tongues
cut out)
Entry _Domerars_, “Toungs” also changed to “Tongues” (the tip of
their Tongues)
Entry _Dragg’d_, “Precints” changed to “Precincts” (Precincts of the
Inns of Court)
Entry _Fair Speech_, “Spech” changed to “Speech” (You have made a
Fair Speech)
Entry _Fetids_, “Vegetabes” changed to “Vegetables” (Vegetables, or
Animals)
Entry _Fussocks_, “Flusom” changed to “Fulsom” (a Fulsom, Fat,
Strapping Woman)
Entry _Glib_, “o Kub” changed to “a Rub” (Smooth, without a Rub.)
Entry _Gypsies_, “promicuously” changed to “promiscuously” (Living
promiscuously)
Entry _Hackum_, “a c.” changed to “a” (a Fighting Fellow)
Entry _Jarke-men_, “Countefeit” changed to “Counterfeit” (who make
Counterfeit Licences)
Entry _Lord_, “coorked” changed to “crooked” (crooked, deformed, or
ill-shapen)
Entry _Louse-land_, “Scoth” changed to “Scotch” (A Scotch Louse-trap)
Entry _Mab_, “carelesly” changed to “carelessly” (Drest carelessly,
like a Slattern)
Entry _Nask_, “Bridewel” changed to “Bridewell” (c. the Bridewell in
Tuttle-Fields)
Entry _Palliards_, “Seaventh” changed to “Seventh” (the Seventh Rank)
Entry _Pedlars_, “Scoth” changed to “Scotch” (Scotch Merchants)
Entry _Pentice Nab_, “brm’d” changed to “brim’d” (a very broad-brim’d
Hat)
Entry _Platter-fac’d-jade_, “vere” changed to “very” (a very broad,
ord’nary faced Woman)
Entry _Play it off_, “thorw” changed to “throw” (to throw away, at
Gaming)
Entry _Quietists_, “Paryer” changed to “Prayer” (wholly for Mental
Prayer)
Entry _Rub_, “Tolleraly” changed to “Tollerably” (to Live Tollerably)
Entry _Salt-cel_, “baord” changed to “board” (Sailors on board)
Entry _Scotch-bobby_, “Conutry” changed to “Country” (Horse of that
Country)
Entry _Stingy_, “covetuos” changed to “covetous” (covetous,
closed-fisted)
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