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pidgin

[pij-uhn] / ˈpɪdʒ ən /




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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

Interviewed about her career, her son Michael Hood told Entertainment Weekly that he once asked her why she would agree to do roles in pidgin English.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

The dialogue in both sections, sprinkled like parsley with pidgin Yiddish and Hebrew prayer, has a secondhand aura that is also unconvincing.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

“It is time that this suffering ends for us all. This is what brought me here,” he said in pidgin English.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021

The cool night wind, heavy with the smell of burning, brought clear snatches of the resonating voice speaking pidgin English from a street away.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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