How to use pidgin in a sentence

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• Creoles, which involve a language shift, are found in communities where a pidgin language had served as a lingua franca.From the entry language shift
• This is because by definition, a pidgin is not learned natively.2019, Nico Hess, Introducing Global Englishes, page 229. From the entry natively
• Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it.2015 November 12, Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran, “Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27…. From the entry dat
• "Stink eye" is a Hawaiian pidgin expression for a disapproving glance, a mean or dirty look.2015, John H. Elliot, Beware the Evil Eye Volume 1, page 24. From the entry stink eye
• The concierge began talking on the phone in the local pidgin.2010, David Heaukulani, The Reficul Parallax: Godsquad Genesis, page 112. From the entry shoots
• As a symbol of the “hybrid margin,” pidgin is the subversive lect of the illiterati.2007, Chantal J. Zabus, The African Palimpsest, page 86. From the entry illiterati
• "Say, Song, you see something makee you flaid this moling?" said Stella, imitating Song's pidgin English.1915, Edward C. Taylor, Ted Strong's Motor Car. From the entry makee
• I achieve this effect somewhat reliably when I suppress the internal dialogue of self-absorptive self-consciousness and communicate using pidgin English.2009, B Geary, “Essential tropical emergency medicine skills”, in Emergency Medicine Journal, volume 26, number 6. From the entry idioglot
• An earlier prepidgin or jargon, which is quite variable in structure, may later become a stable pidgin, which has developed its own lexical and grammatical norms.2010, Robert B. Kaplan, The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics, page 383. From the entry prepidgin
• Why is it that a Chinaman on the screen must speak pidgin English, when many of the Chinese we know speak better English than the native?1919 May 18, Haldez, “Titles and Sub-Titles”, in The Fresno Morning Republican, Stage and Screen, page 28. From the entry subtitler

Meaning of pidgin

1. noun An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. The speech is slow and supported by mime and gesture.
2. noun A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).

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Questions about pidgin in a sentence

How do you use pidgin in a sentence?

Pidgin is used as a noun. For example: “Creoles, which involve a language shift, are found in communities where a pidgin language had served as a lingua franca.”

What is a short sentence with pidgin?

“That's my pidgin.”

What does pidgin mean?

Pidgin means an amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. The speech is slow and supported by mime and gesture.