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Quinqui jargon is associated with quinquilleros (tinkers) a semi-nomadic group who live mainly in the northern half of Spain. They prefer to be called mercheros. They are reduced in number and possibly vanishing as a distinct group.The language is an old form of Castilian Germanía with elements of Caló a dialect of the Spanish Roma. The term comes from the word quincallería (ironmongery) from ironmongers who originated this cant as part of their trade.