| John Camden Hotten - English language - 1874 - 448 pages
...Words in the year 1566; and Harrison about the same time,* in speaking of beggars and Gipsies, says, " they have devised a language among themselves which they name Canting, but others Pedlars' Frenche." Now, the word Cant in its old sense, and Slangf in its modern application, although used by good writers... | |
| English literature - 1880 - 374 pages
...above ten thousand persons ; as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian roges, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name Canting, but others pedlars' French, a speech compact thirty yeares since of English, and a great number of od words of their owne... | |
| Johan Storm - English language - 1881 - 492 pages
...seiner bekannten Description of England] about the same time, in speaking of beggars and Gipsies, says, 'they have devised a language among themselves which...they name Canting, but others Pedlars' Frenche'». «The terms Cant and Canting were probably derived from chaunt and chaunting, — the whining tone,... | |
| Thomas Middleton - English drama - 1885 - 380 pages
...Description of England, book ii. cap. x., "in counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues, they [sc. vagabonds] have devised a language among themselves, which they name Canting, but others Pedlar's French, a speech compact thirty years since of English and a great number of odd words of... | |
| Charles James Ribton-Turner - Begging - 1887 - 780 pages
...Harrison, in his description of England (1577), says, "Moreover in counterfeiting the Egyptian roges they have devised a language among themselves, which they name Canting but others pedler's French a speach compact thirtie yeares since of English, and a great number of od words of... | |
| Gypsy Lore Society - Romanies - 1889 - 426 pages
...above ten thousand persons ; as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian roges, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name Canting, but others pedlars' French, a speech compact thirty yeares since of English, and a great number of od words of their owne... | |
| Charles Whibley - United States - 1908 - 360 pages
...invention. In counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues [says he of the vagabonds who then infested England], they have devised a language among themselves which they name Canting, but others Pedlars' French, a speech compact thirty years since of English, and a great number of odd words of their own... | |
| Literature - 1910 - 434 pages
...unto above 10,000 persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name " Canting," but others, " pedler's French," a speech compact thirty years since, of English and a great number of odd words... | |
| Jean Froissart, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison - England - 1910 - 420 pages
...unto above 10,000 persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name " Canting," but others, " pedler's French," a speech compact thirty years since, of English and a great number of odd words... | |
| Jean Froissart, William Harrison, Thomas Malory - England - 1910 - 420 pages
...unto above 10,000 persons, as I have heard reported. Moreover, in counterfeiting the Egyptian rogues, they have devised a language among themselves, which they name " Canting," but others, " pedler's French," a speech compact thirty years since, of English and a great number of odd words... | |
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