private language
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Royce Heng, owner of Duke Language School, a private language institute in Bangkok, said around 180 Chinese inquire each month about visa information and courses.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
With a nod to “Hamlet,” a mute boy and his parents in a small Wisconsin town develop a private language with their special breed of remarkable dogs.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2019
Better to have lived sadly over pizza and bad movies and shared it meaningfully than to have never had a private language with someone at all.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2019
But even with such public and private language, his flock worried the message was not strong enough.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2018
We talked in a cute and silly private language of our own.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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