1736 Canting Dictionary / G / GLIMMERER [rogue]
such as with sham Licences, pretend to Losses by Fire &c.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).