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An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly call'd the king of the beggars. Being An impartial Account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age...

by Goadby, Robert
Published 1763

printed for R. Goadby [Sherborne], and W. Owen Bookseller, at Temple-Bar

Subjects: “...Cant...”

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The life and adventures, of Bamfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the king of the beggars: ... to which is prefix'd a new preface. And at the end is added the cant dictionary used...

Published 1798

printed by Robert Bassam

Subjects: “...Cant...”

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A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men : foot-pads, shop-lifts, and cheats, of both sexes, in and about London and Westminster, and all Par...

by Smith, Alexander
Published 1719

printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by A. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the King of the beggars. Being An impartial Account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the Age of F...

Published 1793

printed for J. Buckland, C. Bathurst and T. Davies

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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The life and adventures of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the king of the beggars. Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age...

Published 1785

printed for J. Wren and W. Hodges

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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The life and adventures of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the king of the beggars. Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age...

Published 1785

printed for J. Barker, near the Pit Door, in Little Russel-Court, Drury-Lane

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the King of the beggars. Being An impartial Account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School at the Age of F...

Published 1793

printed for J. Buckland, C. Bathurst, and T. Davies

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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A dictionary, Spanish and English, and English and Spanish : containing the signification of words, with their different uses; the terms of arts, sciences, and trades; the contruct...

by Giral del Pino, Hipólito San Joseph
Published 1763

printed for A. Millar, J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries / Early works to 1800...”

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The triumph of wit : or, the canting dictionary. Being the newest and most useful academy: Containing The Mystery and Art of Canting, with the Original and Present Management there...

Published 1780

printed in Montrath-Street, where may be had great Variety of Historys, Novels, Books of Devotion, Books of Controversy, Penry-Books and Ballads, &c

Subjects: “...Cant / Early works to 1800...”

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The life and adventures of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the king of the beggars. Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age...

Published 1779

sold by T. Forster, R. Armstrong, J. Digby, and W. Locke

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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The Scoundrel's dictionary, or An explanation of the cant words used by the thieves, house-breakers, street-robbers and pick-pockets about town : To which is prefixed, some curious...

Published 1754

Printed for J. Brownnell, in Pater-noster-Row

Subjects: “...Cant / Great Britain / Early works to 1800...”

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Sinks of London laid open : a pocket companion for the uninitiated

by Cruikshank, George
Published 1848

J. Duncombe

Subjects: “...Cant...”

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The regulator : or, a discovery of the Thieves, Thief-Takers, and Locks, alias receivers of stolen goods in and about the city of London. With the thief-takers proclamation. Also A...

by Hitchin, Charles
Published 1718

printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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A history of cant and slang dictionaries

by Coleman, Julie
Published 2008

Oxford University Press

Subjects: “...Cant / Great Britain / Lexicography...”

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A new canting dictionary : Comprehending All the terms, Antient and Modern, Used in the Several tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Shoplifters, Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, and all other Clans...

Published 1725

printed; and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries / Early works to 1800...”

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A history of cant and slang dictionaries, Volume II: 1785-1858

by Coleman, Julie
Published 2008

Oxford University Press

Subjects: “...Cant / Great Britain / History...”

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A history of cant and slang dictionaries, Vol. III: 1859-1936

by Coleman, Julie
Published 2008

Oxford University Press

Subjects: “...Cant / Great Britain / History...”

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The history of the lives and actions of Jonathan Wild : ... Joseph Blake ... and John Sheppard, ... Taken from several papers found since Jonathan's death

Published 1730

printed for Edw. Midwinter

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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The history of the life and glorious actions of the mighty Hercules, of Greece

Published 1730

Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard Bow Lane, London

Subjects: “...Cant / Dictionaries...”

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A history of cant and slang dictionaries, Volume IV: 1937-1984

by Coleman, Julie
Published 2010

Oxford University Press

Subjects: “...Cant / Great Britain / History...”

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