Delaware Jargon

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noun

a jargon based on Unami Delaware, now extinct but formerly used as a lingua franca in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

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Words nearby Delaware Jargon

Delavigne, delavirdine, Delaware, Delawarean, Delaware Bay, Delaware Jargon, Delaware Water Gap, De La Warr, delay, delayed, delayed-action

How to use Delaware Jargon in a sentence

This is known as close air support, or CAS, in military jargon.
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As fluent in drug trade jargon as Martian, Future peppers his lyrics with interstellar imagery befitting of his far out vocals.
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We rented a house in New Castle, Delaware, that doubled as our filming location and lodging for the actors.
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Some months after Coltrane died, I was visiting a black college in Delaware.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I was impressed at the time to hear Biden schmooze with Maliki as if he were the governor of Delaware.
Exposed: The White House’s Professor-in-Chief|Jonathan Alter|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was the last surviving officer of the Delaware regiment in the revolutionary army.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
At this juncture lord Delaware arrived with three ships, 150 men, and plenty of provisions, and settled the colony.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
We owe it neither to the Syriac tongue nor to the Hebrew, a jargon of the Syriac, in which adultery is called niuph.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
I'm quite out of the hunt here, however, for I can't pretend to understand the jargon of the thing.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The French fleet under count d'Estaing arrived off the Delaware, having been at sea 87 days.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell