joss-pidgin-man

See also: joss pidgin man

Chinese Pidgin English

Alternative forms

• joss pidgin man

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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Synonyms

• joss-man