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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… [Dillon (2002, pb 2003)]. Like CLOVE WATER it acquired the cant name of RED TAPE [OED, Tape]. In the Dictionary Archive …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… officers, "but by the Act every district is put up by the cant to the highest bidder. The people that take a district …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Anne
… quit rent put on it is 90 l. odd. These lands, "upon the cant," would not be set for more than 10 l. The collector …