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  • noun Plural form of pidgin.

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Examples

  • The emergence of Chicano English is similar in some ways to the development of a special set of languages called pidgins and creoles.

    languagehat.com: LINGUISTICS ON TV. 2005

  • The term was rather a catchall for a variety of pidgins spoken in the Levant.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The term was rather a catchall for a variety of pidgins spoken in the Levant.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • These pidgins resembled the one resorted to by our Portuguese-speaking whaler and his Inupiaq-speaking interlocutors: they were never spoken as mother tongues.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Lingua Franca, or rather any of a number of related pidgins descended from Latin, eventually became lingua franca, any language that speakers use as a common tongue.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Depending on the native languages of people speaking them, the pidgins collectively referred to as Lingua Franca also integrated elements from Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, and other native languages of the Mediterranean.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Depending on the native languages of people speaking them, the pidgins collectively referred to as Lingua Franca also integrated elements from Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, and other native languages of the Mediterranean.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Lingua Franca, or rather any of a number of related pidgins descended from Latin, eventually became lingua franca, any language that speakers use as a common tongue.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • These pidgins resembled the one resorted to by our Portuguese-speaking whaler and his Inupiaq-speaking interlocutors: they were never spoken as mother tongues.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Plus, according to Wikipedia, there are over 133 regional varieties of English, 12 types of official English pidgins and creoles, and 27 or newfangled blends, such as Chinglish (Chinese and English), Spanglish, and Swinglish.

    Doug Lansky: The Funniest Marketing Fails Of All Time (PHOTOS) 2010

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