pidgin English

a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.

a similar language used in other areas, such as Papua New Guinea (where it has semiofficial status) and parts of West Africa.

Origin of pidgin English

1820–30; pidgin, pigeon < Chinese Pidgin English: business, affair; etymology uncertain, but often alleged to be Chin pronunciation of business

Pidgin-English amused me very much, as it amuses every one who visits China.

My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands |George Francis Train
He was deluded by the idea that if he talked a kind of pidgin-English and shouted loud enough she must understand.

The Huntress |Hulbert Footner
Chop” is pidgin-English for “quick,” the Chinese word for the articles being kwai-tsze, meaning “the quick ones.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 |Various
The author aims at copying the methods of naturally formed international languages like the lingua franca or Pidgin-English.

International Language |Walter J. Clark

In all the schools German is taught, but pidgin-English is largely spoken at the coast towns.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various

pidgin English

a pidgin in which one of the languages involved is English