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1. Abraham, n. View full entry 1612
...a (professional) beggar of ragged and dishevelled appearance, esp. one who feigns insanity (cf. Abraham man)....
2. Adam Tiler, n. View full entry 1665
...A pickpocket's accomplice, spec. one who receives or deals with stolen money or goods....
3. Alsatia, n. View full entry 1676
...orig. cant. The precinct of Whitefriars in London, where debtors and criminals were immune from arrest. Now hist....
4. angler, n.2 View full entry 1567
...slang (orig. cant). A thief who uses a hook attached to a long rod to steal from otherwise inaccessible places. Also (occas.): a pickpocket. Now hist. and...
5. † ariˈstippus, n. View full entry 1640
...A cant name for canary wine....
6. autem, n. View full entry
...A church. See Harman's Caveat, B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Grose, Farmer & Henley Slang....
7. autem cackler in autem, n. View full entry
...a Dissenting preacher....
8. autem jet in autem, n. View full entry 1737
...a clergyman; cf. jet4....
9. autem mort in autem, n. View full entry
...a married woman....
10. barnacle, n.2 View full entry 1591
...Perhaps in this sense used as the cant term for a decoy swindler: see quots., and cf. barnard...
11. Betty, n. View full entry 1700
...Cant name formerly given to a short bar of iron used by burglars as a lever to force open doors: also called a Jenny, and now a Jemmy....
12. bit, n.2 View full entry 1607
...Thieves' slang. Money. Cf. bite5....
13. bite, n. View full entry c1555
...Thieves' slang. Cash, money. Obs. Cf. bit8a....
14. Black Spy in black, adj. and n. View full entry 1699
...(with the) the Devil....
15. black art, n. View full entry 1591
...cant. The art of picking locks. Obs....
16. bleater, n. View full entry 1608
...Thieves' slang: (see quot. 1608) Obs....
17. blue pigeon, n. View full entry 1735
...cant. Lead, esp. that used for roofing (cf. bluey1). Now rare....
18. blue pigeon, n. View full entry 1781
...to fly the blue pigeon: cant to steal lead (now hist.);Naut. slang to cast the sounding lead....
19. blue pigeon flyer in blue pigeon, n. View full entry 1781
...a person who steals roofing lead....
20. blue pigeon flying in blue pigeon, n. View full entry 1789
...the action or practice of stealing roofing lead....
