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Dialect Jargon Crossword Clue

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noun

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

37%10 Local dialect or jargon
noun

• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

• the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

adjective satellite

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

32%12Jargon peculiar to the northern dialect
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