Cant [ Language & Speech ]
… now called ‘Dr. Cantwell’. 6 1 . ‘CANT. 1. A corrupt dialect used by beggars and vagabonds. 2. A particular form of speaking, peculiar to some certain class or body of men. 3. A whining pretension to goodness, in formal and affected terms. … Press, 1991). Heller-Roazen, Daniel, Dark Tongues. The Art of Rogues and Riddlers (New York: Zone Books, 2013). Kinservik, Matthew J., ‘The Censorship of Samuel Foote's The Minor (1760): Stage Controversy in the Mid-Eighteenth … Press, 1991). Heller-Roazen, Daniel, Dark Tongues. The Art of Rogues and Riddlers (New York: Zone Books, 2013). Kinservik, Matthew J., ‘The Censorship of Samuel Foote's The Minor (1760): Stage Controversy in the Mid-Eighteenth …
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