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Snuffler
One who snuffles one who uses cant
Pettifogger
Pettifogger [fr. petit, Fr., little, and vogueur, a rower], a dishonest lawyer in a mean way of business, Cant. term.
Lame duck
Lame duck, a cant term on the Stock Exchange meaning that a broker or jobber cannot fulfil his contracts; it is libellous,
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Cantred, or Kantress
Cantred, or Kantress [fr. Cant, or cantre, Brit., a hundred, and tre, a town or village], a hundred Welsh
Bull
c. 59()] repealing it so far only as the same imposes the penalties or punishments therein mentioned. A cant term used in the Stock Exchange to denote one who has bought stocks or shares with the intention
Alsatia
Alsatia, formerly a cant name for Whitefriars, a district in London between the Thames and Fleet Street, and adjoining the Temple, which,
Jargonist
One addicted to jargon one who uses cant or slang
Sea language
The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen sailors cant
Placket
A petticoat esp an under petticoat hence a cant term for a woman
Philister
A Philistine a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities
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