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beach la mar

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Beach-la-Mar

[beech-luh-mahr]

Origin:
alter. of bêche-de-mer a well-known trade item in the region where this type of pidgin is spoken

Ne⋅o-Mel⋅a⋅ne⋅sian

[nee-oh-mel-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn]
–noun
a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
Also called Beach-la-mar, bêche-de-mer.


Origin:
1960–65
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