Most of the entries in the Thieves’ Cant section of this site come from Nathan Bailey’s Canting Dictionary published in 1736. Francis Grose produced a similar work called Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1811 which contains much of Bailey’s material but also a lot of new terms.

I have started to add these into the Cant section. They appear in the same subject tables as the 1736 versions but I have indicated the date in each case.

Hopefully this will be of some use to those whose interests lie with the Regency rather than the early 18th century.