Thesaurus / cant
FEEDBACKHow to use cant in a sentence
But I cant stay here all day; Mrs. Towne is to take me to spend the day with the Gesners.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERI didnt think much of that, but he said afterward, A man may do in an hour what he cant undo in a lifetime.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERI cant let you increase your indebtedness, and his pudgy hand lifted the basket and put it on the shelf behind him.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONA grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Cant expect money before its due, I spose, said the old man, licking his thin lips.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONHe has done many a good job for you, and will do many more when he can; and when he cant, he wont; so no more about that.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSTyrwhitt confuses the matter by quoting Lye, who mixed up this word with tombestere, a female tumbler; for which see Cant.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd if you cant pay your present rent prompt, how do you expect to pay it next month, when you must find three dollars more?
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONNow, there cant be anything much more retiring than the turtleor me.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONEver in oon, continually, constantly, always in the same way; cf. Cant.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERWORDS RELATED TO CANT
- abracadabra
- artifice
- cant
- chant
- charm
- cheating
- chicanery
- conjuring
- deceit
- deception
- delusion
- flimflam
- fraud
- gibberish
- gobbledegook
- hoax
- hocus
- humbug
- imposture
- incantation
- jargon
- juggling
- legerdemain
- magic
- magic words
- monkey business
- mumbo jumbo
- mummery
- mystification
- nonsense
- occultism
- open sesame
- rigmarole
- sleight of hand
- smoke and mirrors
- spell
- swindle
- trick
- trickery
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- unctuousness
- affections
- appetites
- aptitudes
- aptness
- attachments
- attractions
- biases
- capabilities
- capacities
- cup of teas
- desires
- dispositions
- drifts
- druthers
- fancies
- fondness
- grooves
- idiosyncrasies
- impulses
- leanings
- likings
- minds
- movements
- partiality
- penchant
- persuasions
- pleasures
- predilections
- predispositions
- preferences
- prejudices
- proclivities
- proneness
- propensities
- slants
- soft spots
- stomachs
- susceptibilities
- tastes
- temperaments
- things
- trends
- turns
- types
- urges
- velleities
- weaknesses
- whims
- wills
- wishes
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