shelta

pronunciation

How to pronounce shelta in British English: UK [ˈʃeltə]word uk audio image

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Word Origin

shelta (n.)
secret language of Irish tinkers, 1876, of unknown origin. According to OED it mostly consists of Irish or Gaelic words with inversion or arbitrary substitution of initial consonants.

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