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ROAST-Meat-Cloaths,

Holiday-Cloaths. To rule the Roast, To be master or Paramount. Roasted, Arrested: I'll Roast the Dab, I will arrest the Rascal: To Roast, signifies also to rally; to teize, to hunt, or banter.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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RIFF-Raff
RIG
RIGGING
Rum RIGGING
RING
ROAST-Meat-Cloaths
ROBERDS-Men
ROCHESTER-Portion
ROGER
ROGUE
ROMBOYL'D

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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).