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- proper noun A
Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among thelower classes in and aroundBuenos Aires andMontevideo .
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Mr. de Rizio enlivens his jokes with an earthy Buenos Aires argot called Lunfardo, which was born in the immigrant underworld in the late 19th century and became the language of tango.
Argentina Answers 2007
alexz commented on the word Lunfardo
spotted a bbc article on this "20171001-how-italians-influenced-a-south-american-dialect"
October 2, 2017