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pidgin English
or Pidgin English
noun
- a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.
- a similar language used in other areas, such as Papua New Guinea (where it has semiofficial status) and parts of West Africa.
pidgin English
noun
- a pidgin in which one of the languages involved is English
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pidgin English1
1820–30; pidgin, pigeon < Chinese Pidgin English: business, affair; etymology uncertain, but often alleged to be Chin pronunciation of business
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Example Sentences
Chop” is pidgin-English for “quick,” the Chinese word for the articles being kwai-tsze, meaning “the quick ones.
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Have you ever heard a light-yellow, lean, sad, earnest Chinaman stutter in pidgin-English?
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The author aims at copying the methods of naturally formed international languages like the lingua franca or Pidgin-English.
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Pidgin-English amused me very much, as it amuses every one who visits China.
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He seemed to be having difficulty with the language, and was eking out his Pidgin-English with pantomime.
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