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shelta是什么意思

shelta

英 ['ʃeltə] 美
  • n. [盖尔语]行话,隐语[英格兰、爱尔兰游民、铁匠等人中使用的俚语]

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shelta (n.)
secret language of Irish tinkers, 1876, of unknown origin. According to OED it mostly consists of Irish or Gaelic words with inversion or arbitrary substitution of initial consonants.

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