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{{rfv-sense}} {{1811|cant}} To fling dust or snuff in the eyes of the person intended to be robbed; also to invent some plausible tale, to delude shop-keepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard. (1811 ''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue'')
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