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Cryptic Tongues of Pirate Lore
Explore the hidden languages and secret dialects spoken by pirates in the age of sail, uncovering forgotten codes and maritime jargon.
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Across
- 1. Pirate's flamboyant language and swaggering speech
- 2. A secretive pirate-coded speech system
- 3. Obscure dialect reportedly used among Caribbean pirates
- 4. Term for Caribbean pirates with unique lingual expressions
- 5. Relating to the distinctive speech and terms of pirates
- 6. Colorful pirate signal flags with symbolic meanings
- 9. An ancient Mediterranean trade pidgin used by sailors
- 13. Sea slang often used in pirate chatter
- 15. Obscure maritime term influenced pirate vocabulary
Down
- 7. Common trade language or bridge tongue among pirates
- 8. Mixed language forming among pirate communities and islands
- 10. The slang and jargon used by pirates to confuse enemies
- 11. French word linked to privateers and pirate terminology
- 12. Old sailor’s language full of nautical terms
- 14. Pirate term often included in their coded lexicon
- 16. A Celtic language sailors sometimes used as a code
- 17. Secret code word for pirate smuggling operations
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