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A Canting Academy, or, the Pedlar’s-French Dictionary choose

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[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 113: A mad Man An abram Cove / A mad Woman An abram Mort.
at abram-man, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 117: To hold your Tongue Peter or John Audley.
at John Audley, phr.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 118: A married Man An autumn’d Cove / A married Woman An autumn’d Mort.
at autem-cove (n.) under autem, adj.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 115: Bedding Libbige.
at lib-beg, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’ s-French Dict. 118: An Apron A Belly Cheat.
at belly cheat (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 117: A Woman’s Hair A Bite Strummel.
at bite, n.2
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 114: Sheep-stealer Napper of Blaring Cheats.
at bleating cheat (n.) under bleat, v.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 114: Whore A Bloss or Wapping Mort.
at bloss, n.
[UK] A Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 111: Bad Drink, Quer Bues or Suck.
at booze, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. n.p.: A Shreat of Bues A Pot of Ale or Beer.
at shreat (of booze), n.
[UK] A Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 112: Whoring and Drinking consumes all the Money, Wapping and Busing mills all the Lowyer.
at boozing, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 113: Five Shillings Five Boards.
at bord, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 116: To go away Brush or Lope.
at brush, v.1
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 117: A Dog A Buffer.
at bufe, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 114: Bailiffs Napping Bulls.
at bull, n.5
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 114: Bailiffs Napping Bulls.
at napping bull, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 116: Chickens Cackling Cheats.
at cackling-cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 118: A common Beggar Cadater.
at cadator, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 115: Say little or nothing, for the Man of the House can understand you, or his Wife, or his Child Stow your Whids and plant them; the Cove of the Ken can cant ’em; if the Cove can’t, the Mort can; if the Mort can’t, the Kinchen can.
at cant, v.1
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 118: Bawdy-house A Wapping Ken or a Case.
at case, n.3
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 111: Bread and Cheese, Pannum & Causum.
at cassan, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict.
at muffling-cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 116: A Pig A grunting Cheat.
at grunting-cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 115: Rings or Gloves Fam Cheats.
at fambling-cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict.
at flogging-cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 116: A Nose-gay A smelling Cheat.
at smelling-cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 118: The Tongue The Whidding Cheat.
at whidding cheat, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 114: A beggar born A Clapperdugion.
at clapperdudgeon, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 113: The King The rum Coll. [Ibid.] 114: Drunkard A Buesing Coll.
at coll, n.
[UK] Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 114: Coachman A smoaking [sic] Cove.
at smacking-cove, n.
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