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patois

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Patois  \Pa`tois"\,  n.  [F.] 
  A  dialect  peculiar  to  the  illiterate  classes;  a  provincial 
  form  of  speech. 
 
  The  jargon  and  patois  of  several  provinces.  --Sir  T. 
  Browne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  patois 
  n  1:  a  characteristic  language  of  a  particular  group  (as  among 
  thieves);  "they  don't  speak  our  lingo"  [syn:  {cant},  {jargon}, 
  {slang},  {lingo},  {argot},  {vernacular}] 
  2:  a  regional  dialect  of  a  language  (especially  French); 
  usually  considered  substandard




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