Read full poem →The parson's cant, the lawyer's sophistry,
Lord's quibble, critic's jest, all end in thee,
Dictionary Entry
An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
In a Sentence
“He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.”
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “cant”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Who live like Sutton, or who die like Chartres,
Out-cant old Esdras, or out-drink his heir,
Out-usure Jews, or Irishmen out-swear;
Read full poem →That now bespeak the very sons and heirs
Incarnate of Queen Gossip and King Cant.
The case of Leffingwell is mixed, I grant,
Read full poem →XXII
'And since, when all's said, you're too noble to stoop to the frivolous cant
About crimes irresistable, virtues that swindle, betray and supplant.
Read full poem →Oh! qu'incultes, ses airs, rêvant dans la prison
D'un _cant_ sur le qui-vive au travers de nos hontes!
Mais, en m'appliquant bien, moi dont la foi démonte
Read full poem →(A very doubtful instance; for l. 836 is precisely the same as Prov. xiv.
13. The word _occupyeth_ is decisive; see my note to Cant. Ta. B 421).
Read full poem →E.--Ellesmere MS. (also has the Cant. Tales).--XIII.
Read full poem →ALPHABETICALLY, the references are to A (Group A of Cant. Tales); A.
(Astrolabe); B (Group B of C. T.); B 1 ... B 5 (Boethius, books 1 to 5); C,
Read full poem →cant at the .05 level of confidence in the LCD lower one-half ability