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(noun) artistic style
the style of a particular artist or school or movement
an imaginative orchestral idiom
(noun) parlance
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
(noun) idiomatic expression, set phrase, phrasal idiom, phrase
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English; he has a strong German accent; it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy