A new canting dictionary : comprehending all the terms, antient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters, highwaymen, foot-pads, and all other clans of cheats and villains, interspersed with proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.

Format Electronic
Publication[London] : [publisher not identified], [1725]
ManufactureLondon : [manufacturer not identified], 1725.
Description1 online resource (155 unnumbered pages).
Supplemental ContentGale, Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Subjects
Cant--Dictionaries. --Early works to 1800.
Cant--Great Britain. --Dictionaries. --Early works to 1800.
English language--Slang. --Dictionaries. --Early works to 1800.
Rogues and vagabonds--Great Britain. --Language. --Dictionaries. --Early works to 1800.

SeriesArchives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. UNAUTHORIZED
General note"To which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect."
General noteReproduction of the originals from Kinsey Institute.