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Shelta in American English
a traditional jargon, based on Irish Gaelic, spoken as by tinkers in some parts of Ireland and England
noun: a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles

Shelta in British English
noun: a secret language used by some itinerant tinkers in Ireland and parts of Britain, based on systematically altered Gaelic

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