Beach-la-Mar

American

[beech-luh-mahr] / ˌbitʃ ləˈmɑr /

noun

Neo-Melanesian.

Beach-la-Mar British

/ ˌbiːtʃləˈmɑː /

noun

Also called: Biche-la-mar. an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread

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Etymology

Origin of Beach-la-Mar

Alteration of bêche-de-mer a well-known trade item in the region where this type of pidgin is spoken

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Of course it's an old story now, going back to the days before the bottom had dropped out of copra, and there was still money to be made in beach-la-mar and fungus.

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