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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 587 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIDGIN for See also:

PIGEON] See also:ENGLISH, the lingua franca of the See also:sea-ports of See also:China, the Straits Settlements in the Far See also:East, consisting in a See also:jargon of corrupted English words with some inter-mixture of Portuguese and See also:Malay, following See also:Chinese idiomatic usage. It is employed as a means of communication between foreigners and the native Chinese.

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