to think I have strange vocab

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I recently moved to a new city. I had some new friends round and discovered that not one of them had heard of a (criminal) fence. This is a word that everyone I knew before would have known.

Then I was listening to the radio and they used the word antimacassar which I had never heard of. Turns out everyone in my new city knows it.

So, a poll. Do you know

1. what a (criminal) fence is only

2. what an antimacassar is only

3. both

4. neither

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I know what both are but can't say I've ever felt compelled to use them in a sentence.

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both. i read a great deal, and widely.

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3 but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use either word in real life.

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I think I could guess what a criminal fence is, but no idea what the other one is. Must check Google......

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Actually, just realised I do know what a fence is - you meant as in buying and selling stolen goods.

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Though I want to know what sort of fence specialises in antimacassars.

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Originally from London

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although today a criminal fence is one where your neighbour won't take responsibility repair it,

and an antimacassar is a distant, overseas relative who you have never met.

Just looked up anticamassar and realised I actually have one of these just never knew it had a name. I call it ' a blanket'

I know both, but wouldn't use either!

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English isn’t my first language.

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3 but not words I use regularly. I don’t move in criminal circles and few of our friends use hair oil these days.

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1. You don't have weird vocab, you need more learned friends.

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