pidg|in

pidg|in
pidg|in «PIHJ uhn», noun.
1. pidgin English: »

Hawaiian pidgin.

2. any language spoken with a reduced grammar and vocabulary as a trade or communications jargon: »

a French pidgin. The men keep calling to the team in a sort of pidgin Eskimo language (New Yorker).

3. Chinese pidgin English. business. Also, pigeon.
╂[alteration of pronunciation of business]
Usage pidgin, pigeon. The latter form, sometimes occurring in popular use but without currency among linguists, derives from the more familiar homonym. In British slang, pigeon is the common form used for the meaning “business” or “affair.”

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