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TARTAR,

a notorious Rogue or Sharper, who sticks not to rob his Brother Rogue. Hence To catch a Tartar, is said, among the Canting Varlets, when a Rogue attacks one that he thinks a Passenger, but proves to be of this Clan of Villains, who in his Turn having overcome the Assailant, robs, plunders and binds him.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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TALLY-Men
TAP
TAPE, Red or White
TAPLASH
TART Dames
TARTAR
TATTER-De-mallion
TATTLE
TATS
TAUDRY
TAYLE

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Tartar in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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