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Meanings of arpitan in English

Language spoken in France, near the Italian and Swiss borders. Also spoken in Italy and Switzerland.

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Examples for "patois"
Examples for "patois"
1
Havenite patois will work fine, since they won't know the difference anyway.
Crown of Slaves
2
I'm not even quite sure what patois is-somesort of meat paste?
Hull zero three
3
Where fashion patois shines, however, is in the flamboyant expression of sensibility.
BBC
4
The letter is ill-written and worse spelt, in an extraordinary French patois.
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
5
Their language was a Spanish patois; their voices were sharp and disagreeable.
The Scalp Hunters