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Runyonese

Runyonese proper noun: the language of the narrator in the stories of Damon Runyon: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, usually in the present tense and devoid of contractions.

Proper noun

Runyonese

  1. The language of the narrator in the stories of Damon Runyon: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, usually in the present tense and devoid of contractions.

Origin of Runyonese

From Runyon + -ese.

Questions about Runyonese

What does Runyonese mean?
Runyonese means the language of the narrator in the stories of Damon Runyon: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, usually in the present tense and devoid of contractions.
What part of speech is Runyonese?
Runyonese is a proper noun.

Words near Runyonese in the dictionary

  1. Runyambo
  2. Runyan
  3. Runyankore
  4. Runyans
  5. Runyon
  6. Runyonese
  7. Runyonesque
  8. Runyoro
  9. runza
  10. runzas
  11. Ruocco

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