Definition of Oregon Jargon

1. Noun. A pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America.

Exact synonyms: Chinook Jargon
Generic synonyms: Pidgin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oregon Jargon

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Ordophone
Ordophones
Ordovian
Ordovician
Ordovician period
Ore.
Oreamnos
Oreamnos americanus
Orebite
Orebites
Orectolobidae
Orectolobus
Orectolobus barbatus
Oregon
Oregon Jargon (current term)
Oregon alder
Oregon ash
Oregon cedar
Oregon crab apple
Oregon fir
Oregon grape
Oregon grapes
Oregon holly grape
Oregon larch
Oregon lily
Oregon maple
Oregon myrtle
Oregon oak
Oregon pine

Literary usage of Oregon Jargon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages (including the Chinook Jargon) by James Constantine Pilling (1893)
"Remarks on the Chinook language or Oregon Jargon, with examples, vo1. 2. pp. 334-338. Copies seen : British Museum, Eames, Harvard. Winthrop (Theodore). ..."

2. The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Lieber by Francis Lieber (1881)
"Thus the words tingling, he-he, mash, tumtum, poo, signify in that Oregon Jargon, respectively, bell, to laugh, crushed or broken, the heart, to shoot. ..."

3. The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Lieber by Francis Lieber (1880)
"... poo, signify in that Oregon Jargon, respectively, bell, to laugh, crushed or broken, the heart, to shoot. ..."

4. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"... New Englander—The Englishman -Pigeon English - Patois— The Oregon Jargon—Accent and Emphasis—British Columbia—The New World's Future, 559 CHAPTER XXIV. ..."

5. Bibliography of the Athapascan Languages by James Constantine Pilling (1892)
"Remarks on the Chinook language or Oregon Jargon, with examples, vol. 2, pp. 3:14-338. Caries tern : British Museum, Eames, Harvard. Winthrop (Theodore). ..."

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