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jargon 
n. a relatively simple trade language used by the Indians of the Pacific Coast in their dealings with whites and Indians of other tribes, based on the language of the Chinook Indians; words from Nootka, Salish, French, English, and other languages were adapted to the jargon.
See also: Chinook Jargon
- 1912 (1913) Hale in 1841 estimated the number of words in the jargon at 250; Gibbs, in 1863, recorded about 500; Eells, in 1894 counted 740 words actually in use. . . .
- 1957 Totoosh was jargon for breasts.
- 1912 (1913) Hale in 1841 estimated the number of words in the jargon at 250; Gibbs, in 1863, recorded about 500; Eells, in 1894 counted 740 words actually in use. . . .