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To: koan who wrote (13151)	6/11/2006 3:17:41 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 78419

It is a very special dictionary of common street slang used by thieves and highwaymen of London in the mid 17th and 18th century. It is called a Canting dictionary. From it we can see the origins of common English words like Buff-Knapper (dog thief) and bonny-clapper. (sour buttermilk) Bounce.. a swaggering fellow, bouncer -- a bully.. are these the origins of modern words, co-incidence or borrowed from others? Bully buff-- a poor sorry rogue that haunts rowdy houses, and pretends to get money out of Gentelemen and others rattling and swearing the whore is his wife. (I guess some games are go back to Adam.) EC<:-}