Criminal Slang of the Eighteenth Century

When he's in prison, his guards are charging, basically pant to come and see him. I've got five words here for you. Canting is the slang of the eighteenth century. And a rat was what? Well, i want to say it was a inch j shaped piece of metal that you'd use for getting in cars, but they didn't have em, so i'm going to say i min it's informant. Mearly, nearly It's a newly arrested prisoner to someone who's just been chucked in the prison. Oh, a new fit, a new f o cat got it a rat. To babble,. what doyou think babbling is to confess or