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 Argot [Ar’go].Argyle (2 syl.) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ar’gus-eyed.
 
Jealously watchful. According to Grecian fable, Argos had 100 eyes, and Juno set him to watch Io, of whom she was jealous.   1
 


 Argot [Ar’go].Argyle (2 syl.) 

 
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