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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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