| 18th Century Thieves Cant |
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| Transport |
| Transport : Carriages and Carts |
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| DOUBLE-SLANGS | double-irons. | 1819 |
| DRAG | a cart. The drag, is the game of robbing carts, waggons, or carriages, either in town or country, of trunks, bale-goods, or any other property. Done for a drag, signifies convicted for a robbery of the beforementioned nature. | 1819 |
| FLY | A waggon. CANT. | 1811 |
| JACK | a post-chaise. | 1819 |
| LOCK-UP-CHOVEY | a covered cart, in which travelling hawkers convey their goods about the country, and which is secured by a door, lock, and key. | 1819 |
| RATTLER | A coach. Rattle and prad; a coach and horses. | 1811 |
| RATTLER | a Coach. | 1737 |
| RATTLER | a coach. | 1819 |
| ROTAN | A coach, cart, or other wheeled carriage. | 1811 |
| ROTAN | a Coach, or Waggon, any thing that runs upon Wheels; but prinicipally a Cart. | 1737 |
| RUMBLE-TUMBLE | a stage-coach. | 1819 |
| SULKY | A one-horse chaise or carriage, capable of holding but one person: called by the French a DESOBLIGEANT. | 1811 |
| TANDEM | A two-wheeled chaise, buggy, or noddy, drawn by two horses, one before the other: that is, AT LENGTH. | 1811 |
| TIM WHISKY | A light one--horse chaise without a head. | 1811 |
| TUMBLER | A cart; also a sharper employed to draw in pigeons to game; likewise a posture-master, or rope-dancer. To shove the tumbler, or perhaps tumbril; to-be whipt at the carts tail. | 1811 |
| TUMBLER | a Cart. To shove the Tumbler; To be whipt at the Carts Tail; also one that decoys, or draws others into play; and one that shews Tricks with and without a Hoop. | 1737 |
| UNICORN | A coach drawn by three horses. | 1811 |
| VARDO | a waggon. | 1819 |
| WEAR A--E | A one-horse chaise. | 1811 |
| YARMOUTH COACH | A kind of low two-wheeled cart drawn by one horse, not much unlike an Irish car. | 1811 |
| YARMOUTH-COACH | a sorry slow Cart to ride on, drawn by one Horse. | 1737 |
| Transport : Ships |
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| ANDREW MILLER'S LUGGER | a king's ship or vessel. | 1819 |
| BUM BOAT | A boat attending ships to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating chandlers shop, | 1811 |
| DEAD-LOUSE | Vulgar pronunciation of the Dedalus ship of war. | 1811 |
| SWIMMER | A ship. I shall have a swimmer; a cant phrase used by thieves to signify that they will be sent on board the tender. | 1811 |
| SWIMMER | a guard-ship, or tender; a thief who escapes prosecution, when before a magistrate, on condition of being sent on board the receiving-ship, to serve His Majesty, is said by his palls to be swimmered. | 1819 |
