Thieves' Cant: A lexicon for Eorzea's rogues

[TinyRedLeaf]

As some of you may already know, the rogues of Limsa Lominsa speak a dialect that's entirely their own. It's inspired by a real-life slang known as the Thieves' Cant.

Various groups of people have already compiled lists of the words used by Jacke and his associates. So I thought I should put up one such list here in the official forums as well for easy reference.

The credit's not mine, though. The list below comes from here. Feel free to add or clarify. (And also, can anyone tell me how I can post the list a table? This forum may look like a vBulletin board, but it doesn't support the usual tags I know.)

Word Meaning

banded hungry
beater cases shoes
benar better
bene good
bite steal
blow the gab snitch
blunt coin, gil
bob good
boomsticks guns
cloy steal
colt rookie
cove man
cry cockles confess(?)
culls people
cutters people
daddles gloves(?)
dance fight
darkmans night
dew beaters feet
dimber damber skilled comrade
dove female, lady
famble hand
glazes eyes
gob mouth
hop the twig escape custody
lend one's daddles help
lightmans day
longboat deal trade at sea
mill to fight, to beat
mort lady
nob nose
prattle talk
quarron ass, butt
rook cheater, trickster
ruffmans enemy, lowlife
rum/rummy (tale) curious (tale)
set aglimmer to set on fire
skulk to hide
snilch to check (on)
stabber knife, dagger
stubble it shut up!
swads people
try one's fams give it a try
tub ship
wattle ear
whiddled figured
whid word
yaffle a bite eat
yaffling bothering?

[greyfurr]

Some, not sure if all, seem to be taken from Victorian slang. Banded (hungry), bene (Also bone in Victorian slang, good/profitable), cove (man), daddles (hands) all are Victorian slang terms and carry the same meanings.

[Morningstar1337]

Some, not sure if all, seem to be taken from Victorian slang. Banded (hungry), bene (Also bone in Victorian slang, good/profitable), cove (man), daddles (hands) all are Victorian slang terms and carry the same meanings.

Of course the tvtropes character sheet for Jacke says he has a cockney accent.

[Terrini]

Colt means rookie? I haven't touched rogue on my main yet and I was half hoping colt was for males and filly would be for females :P

[axemtitanium]

Cant let you do that Star Fox.

[twilitfall]

Colt means rookie? I haven't touched rogue on my main yet and I was half hoping colt was for males and filly would be for females :P

Alas, they aren't using the definition of colt that implies young male horses. The definition they are going with is:
colt;, n,
3. a young or inexperienced person