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Word: argot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Honeymoon. Most of the dialogue is divided between baby talk and the rasping argot of the underworld. Most of the interest is divided between a pair of pajamas and a package of stolen bonds. What comedy there is rests with a "dern it" constable and the illness of the hero on smoking his first cigar. Of the group, the pajamas are the most satisfactory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Aug. 20, 1923 | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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