patois

Example Sentences

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The patois changes from office to office and company to company, and the meanings behind certain terms shift from person to person.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

For Green, one of the biggest challenges of a film like “One Love” was getting the patois language right and making it feel real without watering it down.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

The original term for devil mas is "Jab Molassie," which is French patois for "Molasses Devil".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Valdez conceived El Pachuco as the embodiment of the outrageously stylish young batos he used to spot around town, who spoke a Cantinflas-meets-Raymond-Chandler patois called caló and jitterbugged at clubs from Boyle Heights to Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

But I insisted, and so the thumping twangy bass noise resumed, and over it, a light baritone chanting in Caribbean patois to the rhythms of a nursery rhyme, or a playground skipping-rope jingle.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan