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BAWDY-BASKETS,

a sort of diminutive Pedlars, who sell Obscene Books, Pins, Tape, &c. but live more by pilfering and stealing.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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BATTENER
BATTERED BULLY
BAUBEE
BAUBELS
BAWD
BAWDY-BASKETS
BAWDY-HOUSE-BOTTLE
BEAR-GARDEN-DISCOURSE
BEARD-SPLITTER
BEAU-TRAPS
BECK

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).