subs. (old cant).—See quot. 1785.
1573. HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors (Repr. 1814), p. 87. There was a proude patrico and a NOSEGENT.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. NOSE-GENT, a nun.
