1736 Canting Dictionary / C / CACKLING-CHEATS [thing]
Chickens, Cocks or Hens.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Cackling Cheats in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).