Lingo

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
   countable, informal, uncountable
3. An Aboriginal language.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“[...] I have⟳ Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter⟳ in Town, to learn⟳ ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.”

“"You see⟳, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.”

“Nobody could make⟳ out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give⟳ us some idee.”

“Granny Ava was the link⟳: the last⟳ heathen of the family to speak⟳ the lingo fluently, before the Church waltzed in and jammed the Lord's Prayer in Granny Ruth's twelve-year-old mouth instead.”

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