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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oregon Jargon
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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