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Meanings of cryptolect in anglès

A secret or private language used by various groups to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations.

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Examples for "cant"
Examples for "cant"
1
The deck canted over and Dunstan said, Bring her up a point!
Honour This Day
2
Larrazabal added: Cant believe they are going to keep playing in Madeira.
The Guardian
3
There is too much religious cantinthestatementofMr.Thorburn.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
4
But lying and snivelling and canting and Hicksing always appear in masquerade.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
5
The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling.
The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
1
Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
11/22/63
2
The new argot is just a different way of masking old anxieties.
Reuters
3
I forgot that you lived in a world unsullied by such argot.
Destiny
4
He played, drank, talked argot, and cast off every shred of reserve.
The Golden Dog
5
Also now he employed some of the argot of the underworld:
From Place to Place