stoll
Obsolete English thieves' cant meaning to understand or comprehend — to 'get it.' Part of the dense argot vocabulary documented in 16th and 17th century canting dictionaries.
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Intentional Focus Blur Todd Stoll © May 6th, 2026 Realme Q3 Pro 5G #Photography
Todd Stoll © May 6th, 2026. Realme Q3 Pro 5G #Photography #ManualFocus #ManualExposure
it was $500 well spent but it was stoll five hundred dollars and i found out that sometimes you can get it changed at the same time as your wedding
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Obsolete English thieves' cant meaning to understand or comprehend — to 'get it.' Part of the dense argot vocabulary documented in 16th and 17th century canting dictionaries. Essentially extinct today outside of historical linguistics and period crime fiction.
Do you stoll what I'm telling you, or shall I spell it out?
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(obsolete, UK, thieves) To understand.
“Intentional Focus Blur Todd Stoll © May 6th, 2026 Realme Q3 Pro 5G #Photography”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Todd Stoll © May 6th, 2026. Realme Q3 Pro 5G #Photography #ManualFocus #ManualExposure”
— Bluesky· May 2026“it was $500 well spent but it was stoll five hundred dollars and i found out that sometimes you can get it changed at the same time as your wedding”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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