joss-pidgin-man

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Chinese Pidgin English

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Etymology

joss (god) +‎ pidgin (business) +‎ man (man).

Noun

joss-pidgin-man

  1. a priest, a missionary, a religious person
    • 1875, James Fowler Rusling, Across America; or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast
      Joss pidgin man chop chop begin
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    • 1944, Robert A. Hall, Jr., Chinese Pidgin English Grammar and Texts, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 64, No. 3
      máj gṓ ǽskī ǧós-mǽn (or: ǧós-píǧin mǽn). I will enquire of the priest.
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