Definition of "argot" []

• A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group: thieves' argot. See Synonyms at dialect. (noun)

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• "Oh well, the stir, or the pen, as they call it in convict argot, is a training school for philosophy."
• "And by "the peg," in the argot, is meant the place where a free meal may be obtained."
• "Slim Gaillard's Vout dictionary: jazz hipster argot from the 30s"