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pidgin (pij′in)

noun

  1. a mixed language, or jargon, incorporating the vocabulary of one or more languages with a very simplified form of the grammatical system of one of these and not used as the main language of any of its speakers
  2. any of various such languages, as pidgin English or bêche-de-mer

Etymology: supposed Chin pronun. of business

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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