Usually means: Simplified languages for basic communication.
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  1. pidgins: Merriam-Webster
  2. pidgins: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pidgins: Vocabulary.com
  4. pidgins: Wordnik
  5. pidgins: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pidgins: Wiktionary
  7. pidgins: Dictionary.com
  8. pidgins: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Pidgins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Pidgins: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Pidgins: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pidgin)

noun:  (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
noun:  (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
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