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VAIN-Glorious,

or Ostentatious Man, one that boasts without Reason, or, as the Canters say, pisses more than he drinks.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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VAGARIES
VAGRANT
VAIN-Glorious
VALET
To VAMP
VAMPERS
VAN
VARLETS

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Vain-glorious in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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