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Below is a reference dictionary for the simple form of thieves' cant, from English-to-cant (English words are to the left, and their cant definitions are on the right). The simple form of thieves' cant uses slang and certain code words to hide its true meaning. The simple thieves' cant was used by many common lower class individuals (not just thieves), and was often known by law officials who had been in the field for some time.
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| English | Cant |
|---|---|
| Abandoned person | Blasted fellow, brimstone, lurch |
| Accomplice | Hired Help |
| Arrested | boned, hooked, invited, nabbed, pulled, roasted, snapt, touched |
| Assassin | Hit Man |
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| English | Cant |
| Backstab | Shoulder tap |
| Beer | Bowse |
| Beggars | Abram men, autem mort, dommerer, Mad Tom, rattling mumpers, rufflers, Tom of Bedlam |
| Begging | Angling for coppers, maunding |
| Big (size) | Tall man |
| Boat | Ark |
| Body | Quarromes |
| Body thieves | Ressurection men |
| Booty | Quota, swag, whack |
| Brandy | Bingo |
| Bribe | Expense money |
| Brothel | Academy, snoozing ken |
| Burglar, professional | Rounder |
| Burglary | Visitin' the neighbors |
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| English | Cant |
| Calf, stolen | Blater |
| Call for Police | Cry beef |
| Cart | Gaoler's coach |
| Climb | Taking a big step |
| Cloak | Calle |
| Club | Jordain, oaken towel |
| Coach man | Rattling cove |
| Coin shavings | Nig, parings |
| Coin, fake | Button, dump |
| Commiting crimes | Rooton' |
| Con | Amuse, bilk, fob, fun, fuzz, hoodwink, sham |
| Con artist/swindler | Pigeon Plucker |
| Con man | Amuser, jack in a box, needle point, nip, sharper |
| Con/swindle victim | Pigeon |
| Copper | Rust |
| Counterfeited | Confect |
| Counterfeiter | Bene feaker, figure dancer, queer bit maker |
| Counterfeiting | Drawing the King's picture, sweating |
| Courthouse | Nubbing ken |
| Criminals being transported | Barrow man, lag |
| Criminals in the stocks | Babes in the wood, nappered, overseer |
| Criminals with hands burned | Badge, charactered |
| Crowbar | Bess, Betty, ginny, jemmy |
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| English | Cant |
| Dagger | Pig poker |
| Danger | Lay |
| Day | Lightmans |
| Death sentence | Cramp word |
| Diamond | Chunk o' Gin |
| Die | Goin' Legit |
| Dog | Fang, bufe |
| Door | Lid |
| Drunk | Clear |
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| English | Cant |
| Earrings | Lobe Latches |
| Emerald | Green Beer |
| Escape | Bing, burning ken, hike, rub |
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| English | Cant |
| Feign illness | Sham abram |
| Fence | Uncle |
| Flogging, whipping | Getting Stripes |
| Follow | Drag |
| Fool | Ben, cullability, gudgeon, gull, milch cow, pigeon, queer |
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| English | Cant |
| Gallows | Chatts, deadly nevergreen, Gregorian Tree, morning drop, new drop, Newman's lift, nubbing cheat, sheriff's picture frame, three legged mare, three legged stool, topping cheat |
| Gang | Birds of a feather |
| Gloves | Fams |
| Gold | Yellow Tin |
| Good | Bene, rum |
| Guard | Pig |
| Guard, Head of the | Papa Porker |
| Guildsman, high-standing | Made Guy |
| Gypsies | Cattle, moon men |
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| English | Cant |
| Hanged | Acorn, artichoked, beilby's ball, cry cockles, cropped, dangled, frummagemmed, hearty choked, hempen fever, ironmongers shop, jammed, leaf, noozed, nubbing, ridin' the rope, scragged, stretched, swing, turned off |
| Hangman | Derrick, Jack Ketch, Ketch, nubbing cove, sheriff's journeyman, topping cove |
| Healer, underworld | Tinker |
| Heavy (weight) | Fat lady |
| Hello | Knock-knock |
| Hide | Shadow dance, Crawl in a hole |
| Hideout | Dive, fencing ken, flash ken, stalling ken, stop hole abbey, stuling ken |
| Highway | Pad |
| Highway robbery | Recruiting service |
| Highwayman | Colt, gentleman's master, high pad, knight of the road, land pirate, rank rider |
| Hit | Click |
| Honest man | Cull |
| House | Crib, ken, panny |
| Housebreaker | Cracksman, draw latch, Ken Miller, Ken Cracker, rushers |
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| English | Cant |
| Illegal Goods | Contraband |
| Inform | Cackle, long tongued, nose, office, peach, rat, sing |
| Informant | A hole in need of a plugging |
| Injury | Scratch |
| Injury, serious | Broken finger |
| Innocent | Dodgies |
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| English | Cant |
| Jail | Guesthouse |
| Jail break | Goin' home |
| Jewel | Booze |
| Jewelry | Fancy Booze |
| Judge | Beak, fortune teller, grandpa, queer cuffin |
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| English | Cant |
| Kill | Crash, have a chat with, use up |
| Knock unconcious | Tuck in bed |
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| English | Cant |
| Lantern | Darkee, glim |
| Larceny | Racket |
| Lawyer | Black box, cursitor, petty fogger, puzzle-case |
| Lead | Moss |
| License | Jukrum |
| Lie | Amuse, gamon, palaver |
| Light (weight) | Thin woman |
| Lock | Joke |
| Lockpick | Punchline, charm, dub, kate, screw |
| Lockpicker | Gilt |
| Lockpicking | Black art, dub lay |
| Lookout | Pair of eyes |
| Loot | Stuffing |
| Loot from a theft | Score |
| Losing a hand (legal punishment) | Dropping a glove |
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| English | Cant |
| Magic | Flash |
| Magic item | Bagged flash |
| Man | Cove |
| Mistress of brothel | Nypper, reader merchants |
| Money | Bits |
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| English | Cant |
| Necklace | Noose |
| Night watchman | Moon pigs |
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| English | Cant |
| Open | Tell a joke |
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| English | Cant |
| Pearl | Milk |
| Pickpocket | Purse collector, Cannon |
| Plan (noun) | Signals |
| Planning | Flag waving |
| Platinum | Shiny Tin |
| Prisoner | Hizzoner's guest (his honor's guest) |
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| English | Cant |
| Quiet | Smooth |
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| English | Cant |
| Receiver of stolen goods | Family man, fence |
| Rich | Equipt, oak |
| Ring | Jem, onion, finger joint |
| Riot | Hubbub |
| Risk | Boredom |
| Rope | Danglestuff |
| Ruby | Chunk o' Brandy |
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| English | Cant |
| Sapphire | Berry Wine |
| Secure | Rug |
| Sell | Switch |
| Shackles | Darbies, King's plate, ruffles, slang |
| Sheep stealing | Bleating rig |
| Shoplifter | Bob |
| Silver | Tin |
| Small (size) | Short man |
| Staff | Jordain |
| Steal | Bite, bite the blow, borrow, cloy, curbing law, heave, hoist, lift, nim, prad lay |
| Stocks | Bilboes, parenthesis, penance board, wooden ruff |
| Stolen | Ard, made |
| Swap | Bug, ring the changes |
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| English | Cant |
| Tavern owner | Beggar Maker |
| The target of a confidence game | Mark |
| Theft | Game |
| Theft of brass weights | Avoir du pois lay |
| Thief | Adam Tiler, anabaptist, anglers, ark ruffians, autem divers, bawdy basket, blue pigeons, Bob, bubber, bufe napper, bung nipper, buzman, canters, canting crew, Captain Sharp, clank napper, cloyes, cracksman, draw latches, dromedary, fagger, fidlam ben, filcher, footpad, foyst, gallows bird, gentleman, gilt, glazier, hooker, kiddeys, little snakesman, lully priggers, made man, moon curser, napper of naps, natty lads, nypper, old hand, pad borrowers, poulterer, priggers, priggers of prancers, priggers of cacklers, queer cove, reader merchant, ressurection men, Robert's men, rovers, shoplifter, sneak, swaddler, tayle drawer, waterpad, whip jack |
| Thief specialized in cracking safes | Box-man |
| Thief who replaces valuable goods with worthless ones | Pennyweighter |
| Thief, head | Arch Rogue, Dimber Damber, Prince Prig, Upright Man |
| Thief, independent | Lone Wolf |
| Thieves' cant | Flash lingo, gibberish, patter flash, slang |
| Thieves, group of | Mob |
| Tie up | Dress up |
| Torture | Have tea with the pigs |
| Trader of knowledge on where stolen property can be sold | Piece Man |
| Trap | Bite |
| Trial | Show |
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| English | Cant |
| Victim | Content, provendor |
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| English | Cant |
| Wall | Tilted floor |
| Whipping | Air and exercise, cly the jerk, flogging, hue, teize |
| Whipping Post | Jigger |
| Widow | Ace of spades, hempen widow (if husband was hanged) |
| Witness, fake | Affidavit man, knight of the post |
| Woman | Mort, mot |
| Wound | Beef |
| Wound | Beef |
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| Treasure | Cant |
|---|---|
| Bronze | Bronze |
| Copper | Rust |
| Diamond | Chunk o' Gin |
| Earrings | Lobe Latches |
| Emerald | Green Beer |
| Gold | Yellow Tin |
| Jewel | Booze |
| Jewelry | Fancy Booze |
| Loot | Stuffing |
| Money | Bits |
| Necklace | Noose |
| Pearl | Milk |
| Platinum | Shiny Tin |
| Ring | Finger Joint, onion, jem |
| Ruby | Chunk o' Brandy |
| Sapphire | Berry Wine |
| Silver | Tin |
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Time is measured in hours after sunset or sunrise. After sunset is 'clean,' after sunrise is 'dirty.' One hour is called a finger. 'Fingers' can be divided into three 20 minute periods called 'knuckles.'
| Time | Cant |
|---|---|
| 1:19 pm | 'Seventh dirty finger' |
| 2:20 pm | 'First dirty knuckle on the eighth finger' |
| 3:00 am | 'Nine clean fingers' |
| 4:45 am | 'Second clean knuckle on the tenth finger' |
| Midnight | 'Thumbs' |
| Near Sunrise | 'Gettin' dirty' |
| Near Sunset | 'Almost clean' |
| Noon | 'Six dirty fingers' |
If a thief suspects that he can be overheard, hand gestures may be used. In this case, the back of the hand is 'dirty' and the palm is 'clean.' There are hundreds of variations in this scheme. Thieves planning a crime will agree beforehand on which to use.
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| Size/Weight | Cant |
|---|---|
| Big | Tall man |
| Heavy | Fat lady |
| Light | Thin woman |
| Small | Short man |
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Specific lengths and weights are given in the normal measurements.
Example ConversationReturn to top
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Thief #1: 'Knock-knock, Blackhand an I were flag wavin' bout visiting Papa Porker's crib at seven clean fingers. We're lookin' fer a third gentleman for a pair o' eyes. Interested?'
Thief #2: 'What style of stuffing ya wanna to borrow ? Who's your uncle?'
Thief #1: 'Uncle's out of town. We're gonna pick bits.
Thief #2: 'That's fat lady work. Sounds too boring. I'm not interested.'
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Thief #1: 'Hello, Blackhand and I were planing on burglarizing the Captain of the Guard's house tonight at 1:00 am. We need a third theif to act as lookout. Are you intrested?'
Thief #2: 'What kind of loot are you going to steal? Who's your fence?
Thief #1: 'We won't need a fence. We are going for money only.'
Thief #2: 'That's going to be heavy work. Sounds too risky. I'm not interested.'