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St. Giles's Greek

St. Giles's Greek noun: slang or cant language.

Noun

St. Giles's Greek (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Slang or cant language.
    • A number of the phrases current in St. Giles's Greek bid fair to become legitimatised in the dictionary of this colony: plant, swag, pulling up, and other epithets of the Tom and Jerry school, are established — […]1828, Peter Miller Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, page 52

Questions about St. Giles's Greek

What does St. Giles's Greek mean?
St. Giles's Greek means slang or cant language.
What part of speech is St. Giles's Greek?
St. Giles's Greek is a noun.

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