Bargoens
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Bargoens
- (historical) A Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.
- Coordinate term: Rotwelsch
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Probably from French baragouin (“nonsense, gibberish”)
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Bargoens n
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- Taal en tongval. (2003). Belgium: Willem Pee, p. 75