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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
- Example: "they don't speak our lingo"
[syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Argot \Ar`got"\, n. [F. Of unknown origin.]
   A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves,
   tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

argot
    n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
         thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
         cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]