pidgin English

pidgin English
pidg′in
(or Pidg′in) Eng′lish n.
1) peo
Chinese Pidgin English
2) peo any of various other pidgins with lexicons taken primarily from English, as Bislama and New Guinea Pidgin
Etymology: 1820–30; pidgin, pigeon < Chin Pidgin E: business, affair; orig. uncert.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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