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A new canting dictionary: comprehending all the terms, ancient 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... To which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect

London: printed; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1725. First edition of the second separately-printed dictionary of slang, 12mo, pp. [156]; later full speckled brown calf, a.e.g.; joints rubbed and tender. Largely based on the earl…