"secret handshake" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A distinct form of handshake, often with the fingers or thumbs specially positioned, that covertly indicates a person's membership of a club or clique."
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          "club",
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          "clique",
          "clique"
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          "ref": "2003, Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman, The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well, page 19:",
          "text": "Stuart Auerbach, who covered legal affairs at the Washington Post, has speculated that lawyers' language serves “as a secret handshake in a fraternity, letting others know you are one of the tribe.”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Jan van Eijck, Rineke Verbrugge, Games, Actions, and Social Software: Multidisciplinary Aspects, page 176:",
          "text": "A signal that is not used by the population at large can be used by mutant members as a kind of secret handshake to identify an in-group. Mutants can then cooperate with those who share the secret handshake and defect against the others.",
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        "Any shibboleth or distinguishing sign."
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        "(figurative, by extension) Any shibboleth or distinguishing sign."
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    "secret handshake"
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  "word": "secret handshake"
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        "A distinct form of handshake, often with the fingers or thumbs specially positioned, that covertly indicates a person's membership of a club or clique."
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          "text": "A signal that is not used by the population at large can be used by mutant members as a kind of secret handshake to identify an in-group. Mutants can then cooperate with those who share the secret handshake and defect against the others.",
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