quarrons

== English == === Alternative forms === quaroms, quaromes, quaroon, quarren, quarrom, quarrome, quarromes, quarroms, quarron, quarrones, quarrow === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly from Italian carogna (“carrion”) or French charogne, caroigne (“carrion”); hence from Latin caro (“flesh”). If so, cognate with English carrion, carnage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwɒɹənz/ === Noun === quarrons (plural quarronses) (obsolete, thieves' cant) The body. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:quarrons. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:body === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “quarrons”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume II (L–Z), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 161. John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1902), “quarrons”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume V, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 340.