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Key lingo one put in French person’s mouth? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escargot

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'one put in french person's mouth?' is the definition.
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'key lingo' is the wordplay.
'key' becomes 'esc' ('Escape' key on a computer keyboard).
'lingo' becomes 'argot' (synonyms).
'esc'+'argot'='ESCARGOT'

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(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "One continually moving house" , "French food" , "Hardly fast food" , "Edible snail (from Fr.)" , "Got scare from edible French snail" .)

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