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  2. List of Discworld characters - Wikipedia

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    The Canting Crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars who are too anarchic for the Beggars' Guild, which has a tendency to constrain them with rules. Members of the group can often be found beneath Ankh-Morpork's Misbegot Bridge and are normally accompanied by the talking dog, Gaspode.

  3. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the ...

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    A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew Author B. E. Language English Subject Cant and slang Genre Dictionary Publisher W. Hawes Publication date Circa 1698 Publication place England A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew is a dictionary of English cant and slang by a compiler known only by the initials B. E., first published in London ...

  4. Cant - Wikipedia

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    Canting, a tool used in making batik Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician) , an American performer University of Canterbury , a New Zealand university which uses Cantuar or Cant as an abbreviation for their name in post-nominal letters

  5. Thieves' cant - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence. 1811 edition of a dictionary compiled by Captain Grose in 1785. Transcription of canting terms from 1736 and published then by Nathan Bailey; The Lexicon of Thieves Cant

  6. Cant (language) - Wikipedia

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    An argot (English: / ˈ ɑːr ɡ oʊ /; from French argot 'slang') is a language used by various groups to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study, occupation, or hobby, in which sense it overlaps with jargon.

  7. Slang dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Canting Academy, or Devil's Cabinet Opened was a 17th-century slang dictionary, written in 1673 by Richard Head, that looked to define thieves' cant. [1] A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, was first published c. 1698. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose was first published in 1785.

  8. Mícheál Ó hAodha - Wikipedia

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    University of Limerick Mícheál Ó hAodha (born 1969) [ 1 ] is an Irish poet and nonfiction writer. He also works in the departments of history and comparative literature at the University of Limerick , where he is a part-time lecturer .

  9. Rebus - Wikipedia

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    A man might have a rebus as a personal identification device entirely separate from his armorials, canting or otherwise. For example, Sir Richard Weston (d. 1541) bore as arms: Ermine, on a chief azure five bezants , whilst his rebus, displayed many times in terracotta plaques on the walls of his mansion Sutton Place, Surrey , was a "tun" or ...