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<h1>The Letter A</h1>
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<h2>ABRAM</h2>
<p>Naked, or having scarce
Cloaths enough to hide Nakedness.</p>
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<h2>ABRAM-COVE</h2>
<p>a lusty Rogue,
with hardly any Cloaths on his
Back: a Tatterdemallion.</p>
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<h2>ABRAM-MEN</h2>
<p>otherwise called
<i class="eg">Toms of Bedlam</i>, shabby Beggars, patched
and trick'd up with Ribbons, Red-Tape,
Fox-tails, Rags of various Colours;
pretending to be besides themselves,
to palliate their Thefts of Poultry, Linnen,
&c.
A sort of itinerant
Hedge-Robbers, and Strippers of Children, &c.</p>
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<h2>ACADEMY</h2>
<p>a Bawdy House; a Receptacle for all sorts of Villains, where
the Young Ones are initiated in the
<i class="eg">Canting Language</i>, and all manner of
Cheats and Impostures, and sorted into
Tribes and Bands, according to their
several Capacities for Mischief.</p>
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<h2>ADAM TILER</h2>
<p>the Comerade of a
Pick pocket, who receives stollen
Goods or Money, and scours off with
them, <i class="eg">Tip the coal to Adam Tiler</i>; i.e.
give the Money, Watch, &c. to a running
Companion, that the Pick Pocket
may have nothing found upon him,
when he is apprehended.</p>
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<h2>AFFIDAVIT-MEN</h2>
<p>Knights of the
Post: mercenary and abandoned Wretches,
who used to frequent the <i>Temple</i>
and other Inns of Court, in order to be
in Readiness to swear any thing that
was proposed to them.</p>
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<h2>ALSATIA <i>the Higher</i></h2>
<h2><i>White-Fryars</i></h2>
<p>once a Privileged Place, as the <i>Mint</i>
was lately; but suppressed, on Account
of the notorious Abuses committed in
it.</p>
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<h2>ALSATIA <i>the Lower</i></h2>
<p>the <i>Mint</i> in <i>Southwark</i>.</p>
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<h2>ALSATIANS</h2>
<p>the Inhabitants of
these two Places, such as broken
Tradesmen, extravagant Spendthrifts.</p>
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<h2>ALTEMAL</h2>
<p><i>Vide Dutch</i> Reckoning.</p>
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<h2>AMBIDEXTER</h2>
<p>one that goes snacks
in Gaming with both Parties; also a
Lawyer that takes Fees of Plaintiff and
Defendant at once.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> AMUSE [in a <i>Canting sense</i>]</h2>
<p>to
fling Dust in the Eyes; also to invent
strange Tales to delude Shop keepers
and others, from being upon their
Guard.</p>
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<h2>AMUSEMENT</h2>
<p>a blind, or feint.</p>
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<h2>AMU'SERS</h2>
<p>who were wont to have
their Pockets filled with Dust, which
they would throw into the Eyes of
People they had a mind to rob, and so
run away, while their Comerade, who
followed them, under the Notion of
pitying the half blinded Person, laid
his Hand on whatever came next.</p>
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<h2>ANGLERS</h2>
<h2><i>alias</i> HOOKERS</h2>
<p>petty
Thieves, who have a Stick with a
Hook at the End, wherewith they
pluck Things out of Windows, Grates,
&c.
<i class="eg">Make ready your Angling Stick</i>; a
Word of Command used by these petty
Villains, to get ready the Stick with
which they perform their Pranks, and
as a Signal of a Prey in Sight.
In the Day-time they beg from House to
House, to spy best where to plant their
Designs, which at Night they put in
Execution.</p>
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<h2>ANTICKS</h2>
<p>such as dress themselves
up with Ribbons, mismatched Colours,
Feathers &c.</p>
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<h2>ANTIQUATED</h2>
<p>an old Rogue, or
one who has forgot, or left off his
Trade of thieving, is said to be.</p>
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<h2>ARCH-ROGUE</h2>
<p>the <i class="eg">Dimber-Damber Uprightman</i> or Chief of a Gang; as
<i>Arch-Dell</i>, or <i>Arch-Doxy</i> signifies the
same Degree in Rank among the Female
<i>Canters</i> and <i>Gypsies</i>.</p>
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<h2>ARK</h2>
<p>a Boat or Wherry.</p>
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<h2>ARK-RUFFIANS</h2>
<p>Rogues, who in
Conjunction with Watermen, &c. rob
and sometimes murder on the Water;
by picking a Quarrel with the Passenger
and then plundering, stripping and
throwing him or her over board, &c.</p>
<p>A Species of <i>Badgers</i>.</p>
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<h2>ASSIG.</h2>
<p>An Assignation, Appointment or Meeting</p>
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<h2>AUNT</h2>
<p>a Bawd, or Procuress; a Title of Eminence for the <i>Senior Dells</i>,
who serve for Instructresses, Midwives,
&c., to the <i>Morts</i>.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM</h2>
<p>a Church; also married.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-BAWLER</h2>
<p>a Preacher, or Parson, of any sect.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-CACKLERS</h2>
<h2>AUTEM-PRICKEARS</h2>
<p>Dissenters of any Denomination.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-CACKLETUB</h2>
<p>a Conventicle,
a Meeting-House for Dissenters.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-DIPPERS</h2>
<p>Anabaptists.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-DIVERS</h2>
<p>Church-Pick-pockets;
also Church-wardens, Overseers of the Poor.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-GOGGLERS</h2>
<p>pretended <i>French</i> Prophets.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-MORT</h2>
<p>a marry'd Woman;
also one who travels up and
down the Country, with one Child in
their Arms, another on her Back,
and often leading a third in her Hand.</p>
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<h2>AUTEM-QUAVERS</h2>
<p><i>Quakers</i></p>
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<h2>AUTEM-QUA-VERTUB</h2>
<p>a <i>Quaker's</i>
Meeting-House.</p>
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