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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)--vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German...
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