A new dictionary of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers [sic], thieves, cheats &c., with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches &c. : useful for all sorts of people (especially foreigners) to secure their money and preserve their lives ; besides very diverting and entertaining being wholly new / by B.E.

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Title: A new dictionary of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers [sic], thieves, cheats &c., with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches &c. : useful for all sorts of people (especially foreigners) to secure their money and preserve their lives ; besides very diverting and entertaining being wholly new / by B.E.
Author: B. E.
Publication: London :: Printed for W. Hawes ..., P. Gilbourne ..., and W. Davis ...,; [1699]
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Subject terms: Cant -- Dictionaries.; English language -- Dialects.; English language -- Slang.
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Aunt, a Bawd, as one of my Aunts, one of the same Order.

Autem, c. a Church, also Married.

Autem-mort, c. a Mar∣ried-woman, also the Twenty fourth Order of the Canting Tribe, Tra∣velling, Begging (and often Stealing) about the Country, with one Child in Arms, another on Back, and (sometimés) lead∣ing a third in the Hand.

Auxiliary-beauty. Dress, Paint, Patches, setting of Eye-brows, and lick∣ing the Lipps with red.