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

There are versions in local pidgin English, Hausa, Kanuri and Fulani.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2022

Wale and other lawmakers spoke at length, using a mixture of English, the official language, and the commonly spoken Melanesian pidgin.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

But the effect is as vivid as the sassy, strong-willed narrator’s pidgin.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 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