What is a all for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant." Swift called?
cant — A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant." Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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