Chinook Jargon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Chinook Jargon

▶noun an extinct pidgin composed of elements from Chinook, Nootka, English, French, and other languages, formerly used in the Pacific North-West of North America.

'Chinook Jargon' also found in these Oxford entries:

camas - Cayuse - chum - geoduck - muckamuck - potlatch - salal - sewellel - Siwash

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