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Definition of polari:

(n) : A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.
(n) : A cant used by travelling showmen in Britain.
(v) : (ambitransitive) To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant.

Definition of polari:

(n) : A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.
(n) : A cant used by travelling showmen in Britain.
(v) : (ambitransitive) To speak or talk, particularly in slang or cant.

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