Secret language variety which is intentionally obscure to people outside a group

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Nouveau supplément du Dictionnaire d'argot, avec le vocabulaire des chauffeurs de l'an VIII et le répertoire du largongi ... / Lorédan Larchey.

Argot and slang : a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris / by Albert Barrère.

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French language - Slang

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Nouveau supplément du Dictionnaire d'argot, avec le vocabulaire des chauffeurs de l'an VIII et le répertoire du largongi ... / Lorédan Larchey.

Argot and slang : a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris / by Albert Barrère.