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WILD Rogues,

such as are trained up from Children to Nim golden or silver Buttons off of Coats, to creep in at Cellar and Shop-windows, and to slip in at Doors behind People; also that have been whipt, burnt in the Fist, and often in Prison for Roguery.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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WHOW-Ball
WIBBLE
WICKET
WICHER-Cully
WIDOWS-Weeds
WILD Rogues
WILES
WILY
WILLING-Tit
WILLOW
WIN

Nearby:

Wild Rogues in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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