And what worse than cant it is to talk of what they call an indiscreet match!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
In the cant phrase of Ceylon, the Captain had sold him a wild elephant; or, to speak less figuratively, disposed of what he well knew the purchaser could never avail himself of.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
"I will not give the reasons," he declares, "why I writ not always in the proper terms of navigation, land-service, or in the cant of any profession.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos