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<p>A Collection of the Canting Words and
Terms, both ancient and modern,
used by Beggars,
Gypsies, Cheats, House-Breakers, Shop-Lifters,
Foot-Pads, Highway-Men, &c.</p>
<p>Taken from <i>The Universal Etymological English Dictionary</i>,
by N. Bailey, London, 1737, Vol. II, and
transcrib'd into XML Most Diligently by Liam Quin.</p>
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<p>English spelling has evolved greatly since this
dictionary was publish'd. In the Eighteenth Century, Capital Letters
were generally used for Nouns, and the spelling of a word could vary
from one occurrence to the next. <i>Cloaths</i>, <i>Clothes</i> and
<i>Cloathes</i> all seem to have been used, for example.
You'll just have to deal with it.</p>
<p>Note also that <i>i</i> and <i>j</i> are treated as if they were the same
letter, as are <i>u</i> and <i>v</i>, so that <i>Urchin</i> appears in
the dictionary quite a way after <i>Vamp</i>, since the U is sorted as if it
were a V.</p>
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