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A Lexicon of Thieves Cant

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A number of roleplaying games have made use of a concept called "Thieves Cant" over the years - a secret language used by thieves and other roguish types. This has real world roots and some games may benefit from players actually having an understanding of such a real world language. This book is a lexicon of the historical 'Cant' used by the criminal underclasses of England. It draws its content from dictionaries published from the late 18th to the early 20th century, but many of the terms are far older. The result is a list of words and definition that are modern enough to make sense to speakers of everyday modern English, but still having a flavour that works in a game set in a medieval type setting.

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September 20th, 2015
An excellent resource which hits the sweet spot between informative without being too dense for use as an RPG aid. [...]
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