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Cant used by various peoples in English-speaking countries / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French)[1] was a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries. It is now mostly obsolete, and is largely relegated to the realm of literature and fantasy role-playing, although individual terms continue to be used in the criminal subcultures of both Britain and the United States. Its South German and Swiss equivalent is the Rotwelsch, its Dutch equivalent is Bargoens and the Serbo-Croatian equivalent is Šatrovački.