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Caló
[ kuh-loh; Spanish kah-law ]
noun
- a variety of Spanish influenced by Mexican underworld argot with a large admixture of English words, spoken especially by Mexican Americans in cities of the southwestern United States.
- a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Roma.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Caló1
First recorded in 1840–45 Caló fordef 2, and in 1945–50 Caló fordef 1; from Spanish, from Romani
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Example Sentences
Calo hopes that our visceral response to drones will prompt a national conversation.
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Calo-John was slain in his tent by night, and the deed was piously ascribed to the lance of St. Demetrius.
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That is Jaraicejo,” said Antonio; “a bad place it is and a bad place it has ever been for the Calo people.
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Calo he spoke in such a manner as to astonish the Spanish gipsies.
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For there be two manner of angels, a good and an evil, as the Greeks say, Cacho and Calo.
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There were two ill-looking fellows in the kitchen, smoking cigars; I said something to Antonio in the Calo language.
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