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Cant

/kˈænt/
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(noun) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

Gay people in Britain used to speak a cant called Polari.
Ganovim-loshn was a Yiddish thieves' cant.
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I ____ believe how fast the summer has passed by this whole year city.

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