pidgin
Example Sentences
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Trying to free herself, she began to write in Hawaiian pidgin, a language she both grew up surrounded by and was told by others — including her mother — to avoid out in the world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
"I can't relate with the message in Afrobeats but it's entertaining, I love the rhythm, the pidgin accent and I find them genuinely cultural - you can tell this is distinctly African."
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022
He said the job had required creativity because many words found in English versions of the Bible had no exact equivalent in pidgin.
From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021
Bowen and Tui Asau all have ties to Hawaii, lending authenticity to the book’s polyglot melting-pot gradations of dialect, anchored by Hilo-born actress Kim’s voicing of the matriarch Malia’s warm, flowing pidgin.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2020
There are the German tourists who are so touched by my pidgin “Wilkommen” and “Ist alles gut?” that they actually tip.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing pidgin
Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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