cant+term
21bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… …
22blowzy — c.1770, from obsolete blouze (1570s), wench, beggar s trull, perhaps originally a cant term …
23gull — {{11}}gull (n.1) shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic, Cf. Welsh gwylan gull, Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from O.Celt. *voilenno . Replaced O.E. mæw (see MEW (Cf. mew) (n.1)). {{12}}gull (n.2) cant …
24mountain — (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. montaigne (Mod.Fr. montagne), from V.L. *montanea mountain, mountain region, lit. fem. of *montaneus of a mountain, mountainous, from L. montanus mountainous, of mountains, from mons (gen. montis) mountain (see MOUNT (Cf.… …
25byword — n. 1. Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept. 2. Object of contempt, mark for scorn. 3. Slang, cant term …
26cabbage — I. n. 1. Plant of the genus Brassica. 2. [Cant term.] Shreds of cloth, tailors remnants. II. v. a. (Colloq.) Steal, purloin, filch, pilfer, make off with …
27spot — I. n. 1. Speck, blot, mark, speckle. 2. Blemish, stain, taint, flaw. 3. Disgrace, reproach, fault, blemish, flaw. 4. Place, locality, site. II. v. a. 1. Make spots on, dapple, variegate. 2. Stain, sully, soil …
28Alsatia — /ælˈseɪʃə/ (say al sayshuh) noun Obsolete 1. → Alsace. 2. British a cant term for Whitefriars, London, once a sanctuary for debtors and law breakers. {Medieval Latin, Latinisation of German Elsass Alsace, literally, foreign settlement} …
29bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… …
30fob — fob1 [fäb] n. [prob. < dial. Ger fuppe, a pocket] 1. a small pocket in the front of a pair of trousers, for carrying a watch, etc.; watch pocket ☆ 2. a short ribbon or chain attached to a watch and hanging out of such a pocket ☆ 3. any… …
