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Parlary

Parlary is the alternative form of Polari.

Meaning of Polari

Proper noun

Polari

  1. A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.
  2. A cant used by travelling showmen in Britain.

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Questions about Parlary

What is Parlary the alternative form of?
Parlary is the alternative form of Polari.

Words near Parlary in the dictionary

  1. parlandos
  2. parlante
  3. Parlapiano
  4. Parlapianos
  5. Parlare
  6. Parlary
  7. parlatic
  8. Parlato
  9. parlatories
  10. parlatory
  11. Parlatos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Parlary (page history and authors); Polari (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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