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Definition of Pidgins
1. pidgin [n] - See also: pidgin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pidgins
Literary usage of Pidgins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings; the Folk-lore of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1880)
"Some niggers mighty smart, but dey can't drive de pidgins ter roos'. You may know
de way, but better keep yo' eyes on de seven stairs. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... dear boy, Young pidgins too funky to flatter, old roosters too stale to enjoy.
We smart 'ans mast put on the pace, that's a moral, and if in the run, ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1868)
"Some muttered a prayer, raising the hands as in supplication with the palms
together, while others made purchase of a little table of "josh pidgins," as the ..."
4. War Letters of a Disbanded Volunteer: Embracing His Experiences as Honest by Joseph Barber (1864)
"... a flock of carryer pidgins. I keep em in a coop in my rum at Willard's, and
ef a coo de tar occurs, ..."
5. China's Open Door: A Sketch of Chinese Life and History by Rounsevelle Wildman (1900)
"Then with a final appalling burst they tear away from their guardians, and depart
calmly on their separate " pidgins." They have let their bad blood ..."
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