Dictionary: CON – CONZ

► CON n. 1. a prisoner; a convict → 1888 sl.
n. 2. a confidence trickster → 1897 orig. US
n. 3. a railroad conductor → 1900 Amer. dial.
n. 4. deception, swindling, fraud → 1901 sl., orig. US
n. 5. a deceptive speech → 1902 US sl.
n. 6. tuberculosis. consumption → 1916 Amer. dial.
n. 7. an incredible story → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to deceive, to dupe → 1892 sl., orig. US
► CON ARTIST n. 1. a confidence man → 1889 Amer. sl.
n. 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion → 1900 Amer. sl.
► CONBOBBERATED adj. confused, mixed up → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CONBOBBERATION n. a disturbance → 1845 Amer. dial. obs.
► CONCEITY adj. hard to please, over-particular → 1916 Amer. dial.
► CONCENTRATED APPLESAUCE n. nonsense → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONCERTATION n. contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument → 1509 obs.
► CONCERTATIVE adj. quarrelsome, contentious → 1730 obs.
► CONCH n. 1. a poor White native of the Florida Keys → 1852 US sl.
n. 2. a native of North Carolina → M19 US sl.
n. 3. a native of the Bahamas → M19 W. Indies
n. 4. a devotedly hard worker → 1960 US students’ & Aust. sl.
► CONCHER n. a White resident of the Florida Keys → 1852 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
► CONCHERS n. tame or quiet cattle → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CONCHIE n. 1. a conscientious objector → 1917 sl., derogatory
n. 2. a devotedly hard worker → 1960 US students’ & Aust. sl.
► CONCHY n. a conscientious objector → 1917 sl., derogatory
► CONCION n. a public speech or harangue → 1541 obs.
► CONCIONATOR n. a person who makes speech or harangues → 1623 obs.
► CONCIONATORY adj. pert. to public speaking → 1634 obs.
► CONCITATE vb. to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up → 1574 obs.
► CONCLUDENT adj. that ‘concludes’ a question or an opponent; conclusive, decisive, convincing; final, certain → 1571 obs.
► CONCORDIOUS adj. harmonious → 1670 obs.
► CONCOS-MANCOS adj. sane, of sound mind, ‘compos mentis’ → 1823 Sc.
► CONCRETE BEATER n. a policeman → 1823 Sc.
► CONCUPISCENTIOUS adj. lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual → 1555 obs.
► CONCUPISCIBLE adj. worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual → 1398
► CONDEMNED adj. guilty, culpable → 1922 Amer. dial.
► CONDESCEND vb. to specify particularly → 1510 obs.
► CONDOG vb. to agree, to concur → 1592 obs.
► CONE n. 1. the strip of wood or metal that covers the ridge of a roof → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a beehive; a honeycomb → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CONEY n. a silly fellow; a simpleton → 1590
► CONEY-BOROW-FERRET n. the penis → 17C  
► CONEY-CATCHER n. a plausible, smooth-tongued speaker → 1797 sl.
► CONEY ISLAND BUTTER n. mustard → 1947 Amer. dial. 
► CONFAB n. 1. a serious quarrel or disagreement → 1933 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a conversation; discussion → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to converse → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFABULATE vb. 1. to talk easily together; to chat, to converse → 1613
vb. 2.  to agree to, to make an arrangement or agreement → 19C Eng. dial.
► CONFABULATION n. 1. a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse; a chat → 1450
n. 2. a conference → 1845 humorous usage
► CONFARIATION n. speaking together, conversation → 1652 obs.
► CONFARREATION n. 1. the highest and most solemn form of marriage among the ancient Romans, made in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus or the Flamen Dialis and ten witnesses, and marked by the offering of a cake made of spelt → 1598
n. 2. a wedding, marriage → 1645 obs.
► CONFECTIONARY ► CONFECTIONERY n. 1. a barroom or liquor store → 1836 Amer. dial. arch. 
n. 2. a small store where cigarettes, bread, and other basics are sold → 1973 Amer. dial.
► CONFEDERATE DISEASE n. diarrhoea → 1860 US Civil War usage
► CONFERENCIER n. a lecturer, a public speaker; a leading member of a conference → 1884 
► CONFER THE ORDER OF THE SACK vb. to dismiss from employment → 1860 sl.
► CONFESS THE CORN vb. to admit to being drunk → 1842 Amer. dial.
► CONFETTI n. machine-gun bullets → 1940 sl.
► CONFIDENCE vb. to trust → 1917 Amer. dial.
► CONFIDENT vb. to trust, to believe → 1937 Amer. dial.
► CONFIDENTIAL adj. reliable, deserving of confidence → 1895 Amer. dial.
n. a private conversation → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFISCATE THE MACAROON vb. to ‘take the biscuit’; to be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind → 1918 Brit. sl.
► CONFISTICATE vb. to confiscate → 1781 Amer. dial.
► CONFLAB n. 1. conversation → 1873 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a conference, a meeting → 1942 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a fight; a disagreement, a quarrel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CONFLABBERATED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFLABBERGASTED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFLOPTION n. a great flurry, confusion, panic, fluster → 19C Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CONFLUMMOXED adj. 1. bewildered; perplexed; baffled → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 2. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFLUTEMENT n. a contrivance, a gewgaw → 1844 Amer. dial.
► CONFOUND HIS CARCASS! int. an exclamation → 1844 Amer. dial.
► CONFRAGOSE adj. rough with breaks, or shattered parts; broken; uneven → 1654 obs.
► CONFUBUSCATE vb. to confuse, perplex, astonish → 1880 sl.
► CONFUDDLED adj. confused, bewildered, mixed up → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CON-FUM-IT! int. confound it! → 1959 Amer. dial. 
► CONFUSBUSCATED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFUSBUSTICATED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFUSEMENT n. confusion → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CONFUSIASM n. enthusiastic confusion or confused enthusiasm → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONFUSTICATED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CON GAME n. deception, swindling, fraud → 1899 sl., orig. US
► CONGER-HEAD n. a term of abuse for a man → 1810
► CONGO n. 1. orig. a slave from the Congo region; later, any slave; then any Black person → 1855 Amer. dial.
n. 2. anything of a very dark colour → 1931 Amer. dial.
► CONGO CROQUET n. craps → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► CON JOB n. deception, swindling, fraud → 1942 sl., orig. US
► CONJUBILANT adj. shouting together for joy; jubilant or rejoicing together → 1851
► CONJUGALIZE vb. to become conjugal, to marry → 1823
► CONJUNCT vb. to conjoin; to join together; to connect, to unite → 1888 Amer. dial.
► CONK n. 1. the nose → 1812 sl.
n. 2. the head → 1922 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to hit; orig. to hit someone on the nose → 1821 sl., now chiefly US
vb. 2. to straighten curly hair → 1944 sl., orig. African-American
► CONKED adj. 1. stopped; killed → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
adj. 2. of hair: straightened by application of lye or other chemicals → 1940 African-American sl.
► CONKER n. 1. an old or broken-down car → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a very hard blow → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CONKERBELL n. an icicle → 1746 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
► CONKHOUSE n. the head, the mind → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CONK OFF vb. 1. to go to sleep; to sleep → 1940 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to stop work; to rest when one should work → 1950 Amer. sl.
► CONK OUT ► CONKOUT n. a going to sleep → 1940 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to stop running or operating → 1915 World War I Royal Flying Corps 
vb. 2. to die → 1920 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted → 1920 Amer. sl.
vb. 4. to go to sleep → 1940 Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to become unconscious → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 6.  of an aircraft engine during flight: to stop working suddenly → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► CONKPIECE n. the head → 1940 African-American sl.
► CONKY adj. sub-standard, inferior, second-rate → L19 sl.
n. a nickname given to anyone with an especially prominent nose → M19 sl.
► CONKYWINE n. a concubine → 1922 African-American
► CON MAN n. 1. a confidence man → 1889 Amer. sl.
n. 2. one adept at persuasion, esp. at dishonest or self-serving persuasion; a flatterer → 1900 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a former convict → 1930 Amer. sl.
► CONNECT vb. 1. to hit someone very hard → 1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to meet someone in order to obtain drugs → 1938 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to get along with; to establish rapport with → 1940 Amer. sl.
► CONNECTICUT MILE n. the distance travelled in one minute → 1962 Amer. dial.
► CONNECTION n. a seller of narcotics; a person who can get drugs → 1925 Amer. drug culture sl.
► CONNECT THE DOTS vb. 1. to draw a conclusion from disparate facts → 20C Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to do something very simple → 1980 Amer. sl.
► CONNEXION n. a supplier of drugs → 1927 sl., orig. US
► CONNIP vb. to laugh violently → 1896 Amer. dial.
► CONNIPITY adj. full of whims; hard to please, particular → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CONNIPTION n. a violent tantrum; hysterics → 1848 Amer. sl.
► CONNIPTION FIT n. a tantrum; hysterics → 1833 Amer. sl.
► CONNIVER n. a greedy person, a grabber → 1960 Amer. dial.
vb. to connive with in secret, to intrigue, to plot, to scheme → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CONNIVERATE vb. to connive with in secret, to intrigue; to plot, to scheme → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CONNUBIATE vb. to get married → 1814
► CONNUDATE vb. to strip naked; to make bare → 1623 obs.
► CONNYSWAGGLE vb. to cheat, to dupe → 1912 Amer. dial.
► CONOGRACY n. association → 1937 Amer. dial.
► CON-PLAYER n. a confidence trickster → L19 sl., orig. US
► CONQUASSATE vb. to shake violently; to agitate; to break in pieces → 1656 obs.
► CONQUE n. money → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CONQUER vb. to control → 1931 Amer. dial.
► CONSARN YE! int. a mild oath → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CONSENTABLE adj. willing → 1939 Amer. dial.
► CONSEQUENTIOUS adj. 1. important, full of consequence → 1634 obs.
adj. 2. conceited, proud; self-important → 1803
► CONSHY n. 1. a conscientious objector → 1917 sl., derogatory
n. 2. a devotedly hard worker → 1960 US students’ & Aust. sl.
► CONSILIATIVE adj. counselling, advisory → 1656 obs.
► CONSIMILATE vb. to make like, to liken; to become like → 1731 obs.
► CONSIMILITY n. resemblance, mutual likeness, similarity → 1680 obs.
► CONSOBRINE n. 1. a cousin, a relation → 17C obs.
n. 2. a sister’s son, a nephew → 1623 obs.
► CONSOLATE vb. to console → 1959 Amer. dial.
► CONSOLATORY n. a speech containing topics of comfort → 1654 obs.
► CONSOMNIATE vb. to dream → 1623 obs.
► CONSPECTABLE adj. easy to be seen; obvious → 1730 obs.
► CONSPICIOUS adj. conspicuous → 1920 Amer. dial.
► CONSPIRATIOUS adj. addicted to conspiring → 1652 obs.
► CONSPURCATE adj. defiled, polluted → 1563 obs.
vb. to defile, to pollute, to befoul → 1600 obs.
► CONSPUTE vb. to spit upon (in contempt); to despise → 1526 obs.
► CONSTABULE n. a constable → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CONSTITUTIONALLY INCLINED TO GALLANTRY adj. sexually aroused or aroused with an erect penis → 19C Brit. euphemism
► CONSTRICTION n. a spasmodic contraction of any part of the body → 1771 obs.
► CONSTRUCTED adj. having an attractive body; generously built → 1950 Amer. sl.
► CONSTUPRATE vb. to defile; to ravish; to debauch a woman → M16
► CONSUETUDINARY adj. according to custom, use, or wont; customary → 1590
n. a treatise containing a collection of customs or usages, local or particular to some body → 1494
► CONSUMMATION n. orgasm → 20C sl.
► CONSUMPSHUS n. consumption → 1922 African-American
► CONSUMPTED adj. having tuberculosis → 1894 Amer. dial.
► CONTACT HIGH n. – a seeming intoxication induced by being with persons who are intoxicated with narcotics → 1950 Amer. drug culture sl. 
► CONTACT LENS n. the drug LSD, put into the mouth in the manner that some people employ to ‘clean’ contact lenses before inserting them into the eyes → M20 US sl.
► CONTAGE vb. to transmit by contact → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CONTEMPLATOR n. a spectator or observer, esp. one who observes carefully or attentively → 1658 
► CONTENT adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONTENTED COW n. canned milk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONTICENT adj. keeping silence, silent → 1859
► CONTINUATIONS n. trousers → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONTINUED FEVER n. typhoid → 1937 Amer. dial.
► CONTOGGLE vb. to repair, to mend, to fix up → 1895 Amer. dial.
► CONTORTUPLICATED adj. entangled and twisted → 1648 obs.
► CONTRACT n. 1. an arrangement to have someone murdered by a professional killer → 1930 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any illegal or unethical arrangement → 1950 Amer. police sl.
► CONTRADICTORIOUS adj. 1. opposite in position or direction → 1475 obs.
adj. 2. contradictory; mutually opposed → 1608 obs.
► CONTRANITENT adj. struggling or striving in opposition → 1712 obs.
► CONTRAPTION n. a contrivance or device; a piece of machinery → 1820 Amer. sl.
► CONTRAPUGNANT adj. fighting against, of hostile action → 1654 obs.
► CONTRARIOUS adj. contrary, perverse, wilful → 1924 Amer. dial.
► CONTRARISOME adj. contrary, perverse, wilful → 1887 Amer. dial.
► CONTRARIWISE adj. contrary, stubborn → 1891 Amer. dial.
► CONTRARY adj. characterized by self-willed or refractory opposition; perverse → M18 colloq.
► CONTRARY AS THE DEVIL’S OFF-HORSE adj. perverse, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate → 1940 Amer. dial.
► CONTRETEMPS n. a disagreement, an argument, a dispute → M20 colloq.
► CONTRISTATE vb. to make sad or sorrowful; to sadden, grieve → 1616 obs.
► CONTROL ONE’S MUSCLES vb. to refrain from smiling or laughing, to keep a straight face → 1894 obs.
► CONTROVERSE n. controversy → 16C obs.
vb. to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with → 1602 obs.
► CONTROVERTIBLE adj. contestable, disputable, questionable → 1601 
► CONTROVERTIST n. a person who engages in argument or controversy; a disputant → 1608
► CONTROVERTISTICAL adj. engaging in or characterized by controversy or disputation → 1707 obs.
► CONTRUCIDATE vb. to wound, murder, or kill; to assassinate → 1656 obs.
► CONTRUDE vb. to thrust or crowd together → 1609 obs.
► CONTRUSION n. a thrusting or pressing together → 1691 obs.
► CONTRUTH vb. to be true together; to agree in truth → 1650 obs.
► CONTUBERNAL adj. relating to occupation of the same ent; pert. to temporary marriage → 1873 
n. a person who occupies the same tent; a comrade → 1842 
► CONTUBERNIAL adj. sharing the same tent → 1386 obs.
► CONTUBERNIAN n. a person who occupies the same tent; a comrade → 1835 
► CONTUITIVE adj. having a steadfast gaze → 1649 obs.
► CONTUMACIOUS adj. obstinately resisting authority; stubbornly perverse, insubordinate, rebellious → 1603 
► CONTUMACITY n. stubborn perverseness → 1420 
► CONTUMACY n. 1. perverse and obstinate resistance of or disobedience to authority; rebellious stubbornness → 1386 
n. 2. refusal to comply; obstinate resistance → 1619 obs.
n. 3. wilful disobedience → 1726 
► CONTUMATION n. perverse and obstinate resistance of or disobedience to authority; rebellious stubbornness → 1618 obs.
► CONTUMELACY n. insolent reproach or abuse; scornful rudeness → 1657 obs.
► CONTUMELIOUS adj. 1. reproachful and tending to convey disgrace and humiliation; despiteful → 1483 
adj. 2. reproachful, shameful, disgraceful → 1546 obs.
adj. 3. using contemptuous reproach or abuse; superciliously insolent → 1548 
► CONTUMELY n. 1. insolent reproach or abuse; scornful rudeness; such contemptuous treatment as tends to inflict dishonour and humiliation → 1386 
n. 2. an insult, an insolent reproach; a piece of scornful insolence → 1450 
n. 3. disgrace, reproach, humiliation → 1555 
vb. to reproach insolently, to insult → 1483 obs.
► CONTUMULATE adj. buried together; laid in the same tomb → 1471 obs.
vb. to bury or entomb together → 1623 obs.
► CONTUMULATION n. a burying together → 1846 
► CONTUNE vb. to continue → 1400 obs.
► CONTUNELY adv. continually → 1447 obs.
► CONTURB vb. to disturb greatly; to perturb → 1393 obs.
► CONTURBATE vb. to disturb greatly; to perturb; to throw into confusion → 1657 obs.
► CONTURBATION n. disturbance (physical or mental) → 1470 obs.
► CONTUSIVE adj. producing contusion, bruising → 1798 obs.
► CONTWISTED adj. confounded → 1834 Amer. dial. obs.
► CONTWISTIFICATION n. a devious manoeuvre → 1852 Amer. dial. obs.
► CONURBATION n. an aggregation of urban areas → 1915 
► CONVAIL vb. to grow strong, to recover strength → 1500 obs.
► CONVALE n. a valley enclosed on all sides → 1688 obs.
vb. to grow strong, to recover strength → 1500 obs.
► CONVALIDATE vb. to strengthen, to confirm → 1656 
► CONVALIDATION n. strengthening, confirmation → 1523 obs.
► CONVANQUISH vb. 1. to vanquish, to overcome → 1483 obs.
vb. 2. to convict → 1540 obs.
► CONVELL vb. 1. to overthrow or refute completely → 1536 obs.
vb. 2. to tear, to wrench → 1638 obs.
► CONVENABLE adj. 1. agreeing with circumstances or requirements; suitable, appropriate, proper, meet, becoming → 1386 obs.
adj. 2. suitable to the purpose or requirements of anyone; convenient → 1421 obs.
adj. 3. agreeing with each other; consistent, congruous → 1500 obs.
► CONVENABLY adv. in a suitable, proper, or convenient manner; properly, suitably, fitly → 1430 obs.
► CONVENANCE n. 1. a convention, covenant, agreement → 1494 obs.
n. 2. concurrence, agreement → 1613 obs.
n. 3. conventional propriety or usage → 1847 
► CONVENANCY n. convenience, accommodation → 1769 obs.
► CONVENE vb. to suit, to be agreeable to → 1816 Amer. dial.
► CONVENIABLE adj. agreeing with circumstances or requirements; suitable, appropriate, proper, meet, becoming → 1432 obs.
► CONVENTMENT n. a convention or agreement → obs.
► CONVENTUAL adj. belonging to a religious convent → 1425 
n. a member or inmate of a convent → 1611 
► CONVENTUALIST n. a member or inmate of a convent → 1762 obs.
► CONVERSANCE n. a being conversant → 1609 
► CONVERSANCY n. a being conversant → 1798 
► CONVERSASHE n. a conversation; discussion → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONVERSATE adj. engaged or occupied in; living or associated with; conversant → 1425 obs.
vb. 1. to associate or become familiar with → 1574 obs.
vb. 2. to socialize and chat; to converse with another → 1811 US colloq.
► CONVERSATING n. a conversation; discussion → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CONVERSATION FLUID n. whisky; moonshine → 1944 Amer. dial.
► CONVERSATION PIT n. a sunken area in the floor of a living room where people may gather to chat → 1960 Amer. sl.
► CONVERSION JOB n. a disfigurement caused by a violent beating → 1969 UK sl.
► CONVERT n. a newly addicted drug addict → 1949 US sl.
vb. to steal something → 1984 NZ sl.
► CONVEXEL n. something that is worthless → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CONVICIATE vb. to revile, to reproach, to slander, to rail at → 1604 obs.
► CONVICIATORY adj. wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive → 1611 obs.
► CONVICIOUS adj. reproachful, abusive, railing → 1630 obs.
► CONVICT n. a zebra → 1940 Amer. circus sl.
► CONVICTORY adj. convictive, condemnatory → 1576 obs.
► CONVICY n. reproach, reviling → 1526 obs.
► CONVINCEMENT n. religious conversion → 1933 Amer. dial.
► CONVINCENT adj. convincing → 1613 obs.
► CONVINCER n. 1. a persuasive speech or action → 1908 US sl.
n. 2.  the stage in a confidence swindle when the victim is fully committed to the scheme → 1940 US sl.
► CONVINCIVE adj. having the power of convincing → 1657 obs.
► CONVITE vb. to invite → 1568 obs.
► CONVIVAL adj. belonging to a feast → 1658 obs.
n. one who partakes of a feast; a guest → 1615 obs.
► CONVIVATOR n. a companion in feasting, a fellow carouser → 1656 obs.
► CONVIVE n. 1. a feast, a banquet → 1483 obs.
n. 2. a person who feasts with others; a fellow banqueter; a table companion → 1651 
vb. to feast together → 1609 obs.
► CONVO n. a conversation → 1942 Amer. sl.
► CONVOCATE n. a person called to an assembly → 1570 obs.
vb. to call or summon together → 1553 arch.
► CONVOCATION CASTLE n. ere the heads of colleges meet to transact and investigate university affairs → 1820 Oxford University usage
► CONVOKE vb. to call together, to summon to assemble → 1598 
► CONVOLANCY n. a flying together → 1655 obs.
► CONVOLATION n. a concourse, an open space or a central hall in a large building, as in a railway station → 1676 obs.
► CONVOY n. 1. a group of trucks driving as a group in communication with each other → 1971 US sl.
n. 2. serial sex between a woman and multiple male partners → 2004 Fiji usage
► CONVULNERATE vb. to wound all round, or severely → 1609 obs.
► CONVULSIVELY adv. spasmodically → 1796 
► CON WISE adj. extremely sophisticated in the ways of the world based on lessons learned in prison → 1912 US sl.
► CON-WOMAN n. a female confidence trickster → L19 sl., orig. US
► CONY n. a silly fellow; a simpleton → 1590
► CONY-CATCH vb. to cheat, to trick, to deceive → L16 cant 
► CONY-CATCHER n. a deceiver; a trickster; a sharper → 1590 cant 
► CONY-CATCHING adj. cheating, swindling → L16 cant 
n. trickery; cheating; swindling → L16 cant 
► CONY-DOG n. one who assists in cheating or swindling → L17 cant