How to pronounce“cant”in English
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Definitions of “cant”
An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
“He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.”
A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
“The Doctor here, I will proceed with the learned. / VVhen he diſcourſeth of diſſection, / Or any point of Anatomy: that hee tells you, / Of Vena caua, and of vena porta, / The Meſeraicks, and the Meſenterium. / VVhat does he elſe but cant? […] / Does he not cant? VVho here does vnderſtand him?”
To speak in set phrases.
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