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pidgin English en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɪ.dʒɪn ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ (UK)
- /ˈpɪ.dʒən ˌɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ (US)
Meanings
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(countable, qualifier:originally, uncountable) The Chinese pidgin English spoken in Canton and Hong Kong, later spreading throughout the Chinese and Southeast Asian coastal region.
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(countable, uncountable) Any English-lexifier pidgin.
They’ve picked up pidgin-English from the few old regulars I keep about the place and speak it much better than the old hands themselves.
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 209:
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) Any very basic English; broken English.
Forms
Descendants
Pichinglis