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JANIZARIES,

the Mob, sometimes so called, and Bailiffs, Serjeants-Followers, yeomen, Setters, and any lewd Gang depending upon others.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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JACKMEN
JACK-sprat
JACK at a Pinch
JACOBITES
JAGUE
JANIZARIES
JARKE
JARKE-MEN
JASON's Fleece
JAYL Birds
JEM

Nearby:

Janizaries in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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