| 单词 | thieves' latin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthieves' Latin c. thieves' Latin, the secret language or ‘cant’ of thieves. ΚΠ 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. iv. 60 A very learned man,..and can vent Greek and Hebrew as I can Thieves'-latin. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xiii. 314 The thieves-Latin called slang. thieves' Latin thieves' Latin n. cant used by thieves. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by thieves or disreputable characters pedlar's French1530 peddling French?1536 cant1706 slang1756 patter1758 rogue's Latin1818 thieves' Latin1821 Rotwelsch1827 underworld1927 Runyonesque1934 mobese1955 smogger1958 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. iv. 60 A very learned man,..and can vent Greek and Hebrew as I can Thieves'-latin. 1840 Comic Lat. Gram. 16 Thieves' Latin, more commonly known by the name of slang... Examples, to prig a wipe—to steal a handkerchief [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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