pedlar's French

Gammerstang commented on the word pedlar's French

(noun) - (1) The jargon used by thieves, tramps, etc.

--Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922

(2) Frenchman, any man, of any country, who cannot speak English, as anyone who does not understand East Anglian is a shireman.

--Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830

January 19, 2018