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The dictionary consists of over 1800 Pavee Cant words listed as Cant-English and English-Cant. Bearing in mind this is regarded as a 'secret' language, it is differentiated into words known to have been in use in Victorian times but not confirmed since, in the 1960s and not since confirmed and today.

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Robert Dawson began collecting cultural information from Gypsies and Traditional Travellers at the age of 11 in the 1950s and has since published over 60 books and booklets on the subject covering language, history, customs and taboos, folk lore, crime and many other areas. Since the 1980s, he has been very involved in the education of Traveller children, both as a head teacher with Traveller children in his school and more widely as the publisher, editor or writer of an acclaimed series of culture specific children's books aimed at interesting Traveller children in reading.

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