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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
månsing m (definite singular månsingen, indefinite plural månsingar, definite plural månsingane)
- a kind of jargon or a secret language used in Scandinavia in 19-20 centuries
Swedish
Etymology
From a Månsing verb månsa (“to speak cant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
månsing c
- Any of these two cants or secret languages, who share some common vocabulary:
- Older Månsing, a cant or secret language formerly used by peddlers (knallar) especially in Västergötland.
- Younger Månsing, a sociolect or cant in common use during the 20th century by certain social groups and the underworld in and around Stockholm.
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