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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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