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January 1986 Issue [Article]

Dying argots

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Last call for screechie, shandy, and the sneeze mob
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Arthur H. Lewis Bill Ballantine Carnival workers Carnivals Circus Circus workers History Language Loggers Lumber trade Robert E. (Robert Everding) Pike United States

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