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patois

English

  1. 🔊 a regional dialect of a language (especially French)
  2. 🔊 a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    “they don't speak our lingo”

Similar words

slang cant jargon lingo argot vernacular acadian anglo-indian brooklynese cajun canadian french cockney french canadian gullah midland midland dialect new england dialect pennsylvania dutch yankee yorkshire argot bundle of isoglosses cant class dialect