Alexander Smith, A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the most Notorious Highway-men (1720)
Date
1720
Author
Lexicon title
The Thieves Exercise, wherein Young beginners are Daily Practised by their Superiours, till they are perfect in the Art and Mystery of Thieving
Book title
The Third Volume of the Compleat History Of The Lives, Robberies, Piracies, and Murders committed by the Most Notorious Rogues, &c.
Edition
Fifth
Publication place
London
Publisher
Sam. Briscoe
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
canting
Language
headwords: Canting
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
Vol. 3, pp. 357-62
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Click the Poll from the Cull. That is, to snatch a Periwig off a Man's Head, whcih they do with such Dexterity, that his Hat shall not fall off.
sample: Click the Poll from the Cull. That is, to snatch a Periwig off a Man's Head, whcih they do with such Dexterity, that his Hat shall not fall off.
Alston
IX.279
STC
ESTC T097129
