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COVE,

a Man, a Fellow; also a Rogue. The Cove was Bit; The Rogue was out-sharped or out-witted. The Cove has bit the Cole; The Rogue has stollen the Money. That Cove's a rum Diver; That Fellow is a clever Pick-pocket.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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COOL-NANTZ
CORK-BRAIN'D
COSTARD
COTTON
To COUCH
COVE
COVEY of Whores
COUNTERFEIT-CRANK
VOURT-card
COURT-Holy-Water
COURT-Tricks

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Cove in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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