polari
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1VERB + POLARI
called, cant
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A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC r
A cant used by travelling showmen in Britain.
verb
To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant.
Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
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2Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
WiktionaryGay people in Britain used to speak a cant called Polari.
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