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STROWLING-Morts,

who, pretending to be Widows, often travel the Countries, making Laces upon Yews, Beggar's-tape, &c. Are light-finger'd, subtle, hypocritical, cruel, and often dangerous to meet, especially when a Ruffler is with them.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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To STRIP
To STRIP the Ken
To STRIP the Table
STROMMEL
STROWLERS
STROWLING-Morts
STRUM
STUBBLE-It
STULING-Ken
SUCK
SUCKY

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

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