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Multicoloured plaque № 53194

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Polari Nish the chat and pin back you aunt nells! Spoken in the theatre, navy and by the criminal underworld, incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, and Romany, 'Polari' became a secret vocabulary used by the LGBT+ community, until the 19702, to cackle over a bevvy and to avoid the rozzers!

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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