A Glossary of Reference On Subjects Connected With the Far East
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PIDGIN. Business of any kind, from which word the term pidgin is said to be derived, through the Chinese imitation of our word, i. E, business, bizzin, pishin, pidgin. By others, from the latter half of the Portuguese occupagao. Also, from the Hebrew word meaning ransom or redemp- tion, from a ritual observance still found among pious Jews ; Yiz. J pidjann or the redemption of the first-born 182 AGLOSSABY OF EEFERENCE. From the priesthood, to which they have heen held to he specially devoted ev...er since the act of grace by which the first-born of Israel were spared. This word passed into the common language, and Jewish merchants in Poland may even now be heard to ask about the '* pidgen, " i. E. Business ; and as Polish Jews emigrated in large numbers to England it is believed that they may have carried this slang term with them. A further etymology has been suggested in the Sanscrit jplche, to pursue. Commonly used as an affix — amah-pidgin, coolie-pidgin, etc. Any servant called upon to perform another's work will reply '' no belong my pidgin.
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