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Bible Encyclopedias
Pidgin
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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[or PIGEON] ENGLISH, the lingua franca of the seaports of China, the Straits Settlements in the Far East, consisting in a jargon of corrupted English words with some intermixture of Portuguese and Malay, following Chinese idiomatic usage. It is employed as a means of communication between foreigners and the native Chinese. The word "pidgin" is the Chinese corruption of "business."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pidgin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pidgin.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pidgin'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pidgin.html. 1910.
