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crackmans
ˈcrackmans Thieves' cant. [see crack n. 18: cf. darkmans = night.] A hedge.1610 S. Rowlands M. Mark-all, Crackmans, the hedge. 1621 B. Jonson Masque Met. Gipsies, To their libkins at the Crackmans. 1725 New Cant. Dict. s.v., The Cull thought to have loap'd by breaking through the Crackmans. 1737 Bac... Oxford English Dictionary
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darkmans
ˈdarkmans Thieves' cant. [f. dark a.: the second element occurs also in crackmans a hedge, lightmans the day, etc.] The night.1567 Harman Caveat 85, I couched a hogshead in a Skypper this darkemans. 1611 Dekker Roaring Girle Wks. 1873 III. 216 With all whom I'le tumble this next darkmans in the stro... Oxford English Dictionary
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-mans
-mans an unexplained suffix frequent in the words of thieves' slang recorded in the 16th c. as crackmans hedge, darkmans night, lightmans day, harmans the stocks, ruffmans a hedge. Oxford English Dictionary
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togman
† ˈtogeman(s, ˈtogman Vagabonds' Cant. Obs. rare. [app. f. F. toge or L. toga toga + the cant suffix -man(s, as in crackmans hedge, darkmans night, lightmans day, etc.] A cloak or loose coat.1567 Harman Caveat (1869) 77 For want of their Casters and Togemans. Ibid. 82 A caster, a cloke..a togeman, a... Oxford English Dictionary
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harman
† ˈharman Thieves' Cant. Obs. [Origin of first syllable uncertain, ? from hardman; -man(s as in crackmans, darkmans, etc.] 1. pl. harmans, the stocks.1567 Harman Caveat (1869) 84 The harmans, the stockes. Ibid. 86 So may we happen on the Harmanes.., So we maye chaunce to set in the stockes. 1609 Dek... Oxford English Dictionary
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libken
libken Old Cant. Also 6 lipken, 7 libkin. [f. lib v.3 + ken n.2] A place to sleep in.1567 [see lib v.3]. 1611 Middleton & Dekker Roaring G. v. i. K 4, If you come to our lib ken. 1621 B. Jonson Gipsies Metamorph. (1640) 50 To their libkins at the Crackmans. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Libkin, a H... Oxford English Dictionary
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crack
▪ I. crack, n. (kræk) Forms: 4–6 crak, 4 krakke, 5 krak, 6 crakke, crake, 6–7 cracke, 6– crack. [Goes with crack v. The n. is not known in OE., but corresponding forms occur early in the cognate langs.: OHG. chrac, dial. G. krack, Du. krak, and OHG. *chrah, MHG. and G. krach, MDu. crak (dat. crāke),... Oxford English Dictionary
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