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Meaning of St. Giles's Greek | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Slang or cant language.

obsolete, slang, uncountable

Examples

“A number of the phrases current in St. Giles's Greek bid fair to become legitimatised in the dictionary of this colony: plant, swag, pulling up, and other epithets of the Tom and Jerry school, are established — […]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

St. Helena St. Helena Parish St. Helens St. Hubert's disease St. Hubert's Key St. Hugh's bones