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.

Name: 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.
Author: B. E.

B. E.

English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries; Romanies -- Languages

Entry _Tat-monger_, “fase” changed to “false” (using false Dice)
  Entry _Torcoth_, “on-” changed to “only” (found only in the Pool)
  Entry _Transnear_ was printed _Tansnear_, obviously wrong from
        alphabetical ordering
  Entry _Tup_, “Eve” changed to “Ewe” (Copulation of Ram and Ewe)
  Entry _Whistle_, “Troat” changed to “Throat” (to Liquor your Throat)

Where there was any doubt whatsoever, the original word has been left as
printed, even if it appears not to make any sense.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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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.

History

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 _Tat-monger_, “fase” changed to “false” (using false Dice)
  Entry _Torcoth_, “on-” changed to “only” (found only in the Pool)
  Entry _Transnear_ was printed _Tansnear_, obviously wrong from
        alphabetical ordering
  Entry _Tup_, “Eve” changed to “Ewe” (Copulation of Ram and Ewe)
  Entry _Whistle_, “Troat” changed to “Throat” (to Liquor your Throat)

Where there was any doubt whatsoever, the original word has been left as
printed, even if it appears not to make any sense.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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