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Bargoens

Bargoens proper noun: a Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.

Proper noun

Bargoens

  1. (historical) A Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.
    • Lowee generally spoke Bargoens, the language of thieves—a mixture of Dutch, Cockney, Yiddish, and Papiamento.2007, A. C. Baantjer, DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 74

Origin of Bargoens

Borrowed from Dutch Bargoens.

Questions about Bargoens

What does Bargoens mean?
Bargoens means a Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.
What part of speech is Bargoens?
Bargoens is a proper noun.

Words near Bargoens in the dictionary

  1. bargirs
  2. bargiss
  3. bargisses
  4. Bargo
  5. Bargoed
  6. Bargoens
  7. bargoer
  8. bargoers
  9. bargoon
  10. bargoose
  11. Bargos

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