The Language Late-19th Century Migrant Workers Created In Order To Survive
Survival doesn’t entail physical strength alone — it also requires good communication. Wikimedia Commons Around the mid to late 1800s , miserable , migratory workers wander the country from coast to coast in search of work . ordinarily hop onto train car for a free , albeit illegal , ride to their next destination , the life of the transitory doer was quite often a dangerous one , and to delay out of harm ’s agency , these adult male spring up what is known as the “ bum code ” to put across with their fellow traveller ....