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Beche-de-Mer

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Bêche-de-Mer  (bsh d-mâr)
n.
See Bislama.
[From the commercial importance of bêche-de-mer where the language is spoken.]
bêche-de-mer  (bshd-mâr)
n. pl. bêches-de-mer (bshd-mâr)
See trepang.
[French, alteration (influenced by bêche, grub) of biche-de-mer, from Portuguese bicho do mar : bicho, worm (from Late Latin bstulus, diminutive of Latin bstia, beast) + do, of the + mar, sea (from Latin mare; see mori- in Indo-European roots).]


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"Me walk about plenty too much," he replied in the beche-de-mer English of the west South Pacific.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
Among other things he learned beche-de-mer English, with which he could talk with all white men, and with all recruits who otherwise would have talked in a thousand different dialects.
South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context
He could see him yet, his queer little monkeyish face eloquent with fear, his back burdened with specimen cases, in his hands Bassett's butterfly net and naturalist's shot-gun, as he quavered, in Beche-de-mer English: "Me fella too much fright along bush.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
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