What is the idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith. The cant of any profession. Dryden called?
cant — The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith. The cant of any profession. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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