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
- 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
- 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.
- 1875, James Fowler Rusling, Across America; or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast
Synonyms
- joss-man