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词组 janny talk
释义 janny talk
noun
the speech of a mummer, distorted to conceal identity CANADA
“Janny” is a variant of “John,” as in “John Jacks,” listed by the English Dialect Dictionary as a common name in England for mummers.
  • When the janneys come to a house they wish to visit, they open, without knocking, the storm-door, stick their heads inside and sing out “Any janneys in tonight?” in the high-pitched, squeaky voice that janneys always use – janney-talk. — Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland, p. 211, 1969
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