Bargoens

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch Bargoens.

Proper noun[edit]

Bargoens

  1. (historical) A Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.
    Coordinate term: Rotwelsch
    • 2007, A. C. Baantjer, DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 74:
      Lowee generally spoke Bargoens, the language of thieves—a mixture of Dutch, Cockney, Yiddish, and Papiamento.

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from French baragouin (nonsense, gibberish)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɑrˈɣuns/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Bar‧goens
  • Rhymes: -uns

Proper noun[edit]

Bargoens n

  1. Bargoens (a Dutch cant).

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Taal en tongval. (2003). Belgium: Willem Pee, p. 75