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/ˈɑːɡəʊ/ · noun
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds..
Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.
Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"
Use argot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Argot means A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds..
Common synonyms include cant, jargon, slang, vernacular.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
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