smoggern.

/ˈsmɒɡə/

Etymology: Origin unknown.

(See quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by thieves or disreputable characters

pedlar's French1530

peddling French?1536

cant1706

slang1756

patter1758

rogue's Latin1818

thieves' Latin1821

Rotwelsch1827

underworld1927

Runyonesque1934

mobese1955

smogger1958

1958 F. Jennings Men of Lanes 217 Veteran tramps have their road-sign language, by which they communicate with each other... Vagabonds call it ‘smogger’, and it is said to have been introduced into England by gipsies in the time of Henry VIII.

1975 Indexer IX. 131/2 Supposing, for example, you see a chalk mark (a ‘smogger’) made by a tramp on your gate-post, consisting of two large and slightly overlapping circles, you could identify this as meaning ‘tell a pathetic story’, but if the sign consisted of three small circles in a line, it would mean ‘money usually given here’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	smogger
释义	smoggern. /ˈsmɒɡə/ Etymology: Origin unknown. (See quots.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by thieves or disreputable characters pedlar's French1530 peddling French?1536 cant1706 slang1756 patter1758 rogue's Latin1818 thieves' Latin1821 Rotwelsch1827 underworld1927 Runyonesque1934 mobese1955 smogger1958 1958 F. Jennings Men of Lanes 217 Veteran tramps have their road-sign language, by which they communicate with each other... Vagabonds call it ‘smogger’, and it is said to have been introduced into England by gipsies in the time of Henry VIII. 1975 Indexer IX. 131/2 Supposing, for example, you see a chalk mark (a ‘smogger’) made by a tramp on your gate-post, consisting of two large and slightly overlapping circles, you could identify this as meaning ‘tell a pathetic story’, but if the sign consisted of three small circles in a line, it would mean ‘money usually given here’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1958
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