Bargoens

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proper noun

A Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA Dutch cant historically spoken in Netherlands, most famously by criminals, until the early 20th century.

    Lowee generally spoke Bargoens, the language of thieves—a mixture of Dutch, Cockney, Yiddish, and Papiamento.

    2007, A. C. Baantjer, DeKok and Murder on Blood Mountain, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 74

Origin

  1. DutchBargoens
  2. EnglishBargoens

Borrowed from Dutch Bargoens.

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APA

Bargoens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bargoens

MLA

“Bargoens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bargoens. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bargoens,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bargoens.

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