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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Bargoens.
Proper noun
Bargoens
- (historical) A Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.
- Coordinate term: Rotwelsch
2007, A. C. Baantjer, DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 74:Lowee generally spoke Bargoens, the language of thieves—a mixture of Dutch, Cockney, Yiddish, and Papiamento.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Probably from French baragouin (“nonsense, gibberish”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑrˈɣuns/
- Hyphenation: Bar‧goens
- Rhymes: -uns
Proper noun
Bargoens n
- Bargoens (a Dutch cant)
See also
References
- Taal en tongval. (2003). Belgium: Willem Pee, p. 75