Note 7 — THE HISTORY OF CANT, OR THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF VAGABONDS.

“The vulgar tongue consists of two parts; the first is the Cant language; the second, those burlesque phrases, quaint allusions, and nicknames for persons, things, and places, which, from long uninterrupted usage, are made classical by prescription.”—Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1st edition, 1785. [7]