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PIDGIN
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V21,
Page 587
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIDGIN for See also: PIGEON] See also: ENGLISH, the lingua franca of the See also: sea-ports of See also: China, the Straits Settlements in the Far See also: East, consisting in a See also: jargon of corrupted English words with some inter-mixture of Portuguese and See also: Malay, following See also: Chinese idiomatic usage
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It is employed as a means of communication between foreigners and the native Chinese
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