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Robin Hamilton
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Retired lecturer in English, now Independent Scholar.

For the last ten years or so, since 2015, I've been researching Cant (criminal speech, argot) from 1500-1900.

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Did gamblers get their lingo "hijacked?"
Jun 6, 2017
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Wafer -- New Adjective or Attributive Noun?
Jun 11, 2017
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Relation of RUFFLER and RUYFLER
Jun 4, 2017
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Where does "dead man walking" come from?
Jun 13, 2017
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Is there a technical difference between "agree" and "concur"?
Jun 12, 2017
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Has 'fat chance' always been used sarcastically or was it once a factual term?
Jun 7, 2017
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Is there a difference in usage between the idioms "through the ringer" and "through the wringer"?
Jun 10, 2017
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To "carry water [for somebody]"
Jun 15, 2017
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Can a sport field not surrounded by seats be called an arena?
Jun 18, 2017
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Meaning of "Vanity is the greatest seducer of reason"
Jun 13, 2017
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