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Arcane Lexicons of Regional Argots
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- 1. Scottish dialect word for blacksmith
- 2. Colloquial Northern English term for mixture or muddle
- 4. Old British slang for a fool or simpleton
- 6. Dialect word from Scots referring to the Scots language itself
- 7. Northern English compliment meaning excellent or striking
- 9. Informal term for exaggerated or fictitious stories in Aussie slang
- 13. Derogatory term popularized in London slang meaning tacky or uncool
- 15. British colloquial term for a fish-and-chip shop or young woman
- 16. Informal British term implying suspicious or unreliable
Down
- 3. Mad or eccentric in British Cockney vernacular
- 5. Cockney exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief
- 8. Witty and playful conversational exchange often belly-deep in slang
- 10. Old-fashioned British slang for a villain or scoundrel
- 11. Old slang meaning showy or gaudy, especially in Cockney context
- 12. Welsh dialect word meaning fully or completely
- 14. Derogatory term for an untrustworthy person in Cockney rhyming slang
- 17. Liverpool dialect named after a sailor's stew
- 18. Rowdy youth, from Aussie and British street slang
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