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Definition of: pidgin
(pij′ən) noun
A mixed language, such as bêche–de–mer, combining the vocabulary and grammar of dissimilar languages and providing a simplified, mutually intelligible form of communication for use in commerce: distinguished from a creolized language in that it is used only as an additional, auxiliary language. [<Pidgin English, alter, of BUSINESS]
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