Cant. Obs. [app. a perversion of It. camicia, late L. camisia shirt, or some cognate form of the same word.] A shirt.
1567. Harman, Caveat, 83. Peddelars Frenche … a commission, a shierte.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Praise Clean Linen, Wks. II. 167/1. Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, Which … in the canting tongue is a commission.
1725. New Cant. Dict., Song 7. I no Togeman wear, No Commission, Mish, or Slate.
