Usage of "cryptolect"

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

Sinônimos

Examples for "cant"

Examples for "cant"

The deck canted over and Dunstan said, Bring her up a point! 
 Honour This Day 

Larrazabal added: Cant believe they are going to keep playing in Madeira. 
 The Guardian 

There is too much religious cantinthestatementofMr.Thorburn. 
 Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest 

But lying and snivelling and canting and Hicksing always appear in masquerade. 
 The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series 

The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling. 
 The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1 

Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built. 
 11/22/63 

The new argot is just a different way of masking old anxieties. 
 Reuters 

I forgot that you lived in a world unsullied by such argot. 
 Destiny 

He played, drank, talked argot, and cast off every shred of reserve. 
 The Golden Dog 

Also now he employed some of the argot of the underworld: 
 From Place to Place 

Significados de cryptolect em inglês