10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANTABANK»
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
cantabank . A common or inferior singer of ballads: from ca 1840; coll. Earlier,
S.E. for a singer upon a platform. Ex It. cantambanco. cantankerous . Cross-
grained, ill-humoured; acridly self-willed; quarrelsome. Coll: ?coined by
Goldsmith in ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Anonymous. cantabs please To dub the last of honours in degrees). Cantabank,
subs. (old).—A common ballad singer. [From Latin cantare,to sing,+ banco,
bench ;i.e., a singeron a stage or platform.] 1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie(Arb.),
96.
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A Dramatic Romaaaancr In Two Parts
This is a ditty craftily conceited, Trump 'd up as 'twere extempore for the nonce ;
He was no tavern cantabank that made it. But a squire minstrel of your highness'
court. So — sing, sir minstrel — there you have it — ah ! Fal-lal — the very thing ...
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Hey Presto!: Swift and the Quacks
Indeed, the Tub endures as the most dexterous foray ever (at least before The
Satanic Verses) into theological lying: a clergyman impersonates a clown and
hocuses the Bible and Christian history into a cantabank's tale of a tub. Yet can
the ...
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Philip Van Artvelde: A Dramatic Romance. In Two Parts
He was no tavern cantabank that made it, But a squire minstrel of your highness'
court. So — sing, sir minstrel — there you have it — ah ! Fal-lal — the very thing
— the tune's ' Green Sleeves.' ..OM THE MINSTREL SINGS. The little bird sat on
...
6
There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
... 75, 76 blirt, 220 callithumpian, 208 blodder,212 calumnious, 95 boanthropy, 30
cantabank, 120 body parts, words for, 75–77 canthus, 44 Boeotian, 100
capernoited, 50, 51 bolus, 61 capnomancy, 182 bombilate, 212 carapace, 235
bonobo, ...
Charles Harrington Elster,
2005
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Can't, känt, a colloquialcontraction for Cannot. Cantab, kan′tab, for
Cantabrigian, adj. of or pertaining to Cambridge—Latinised Cantabrigia.
Cantabank, kan′tabangk, n. a strollingsinger. [It. cantambanco.] Cantaloup, kan
′taloop, n. a small, ...
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The Standard Dictionary of English Slang
Cantabank— An itinerant ballad singer. Canter— One who used cant. .Cant (1).
Canticle— A parish clerk. Canting crew — Canter Canuck— A Canadian.
Canvasseens— Sailor's canvas trousers. Canvas Town — An encampment of
tents.
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The Grandiloquent Dictionary - Tenth Anniversary Edition
... To kiss and cuddle in an affectionate manner cantabank - A second rate singer
cantle - A piece or a fragment of a larger object caparison - Originally the
ornamental decorations on a horse, now used to refer to any fancy clothing
capernoited ...
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Philip van Artevelde;: a dramatic romance, in two parts
He was no tavern cantabank that made it, But a squire minstrel of your highness'
court. So — sing, Sir Minstrel — there you have it — ah! Fal-lal — the very thing
— the tune 's ' Green Sleeves.' THE MINSTREL SINGS. The little bird sat on the ...
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