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SHAM,

a Cheat, or Trick. To Cut a Sham; To play a Rogue's Trick.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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To SETTLE
SHABBY
SHABBEROON
SHAB'D-Off
SHAG-Bag
SHAM
SHAMBLE-Legg'd
SHAPPEAU
SHARPER
SHARPERS-Tools
SHAVER

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Sham in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

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