Definition of bêche-de-mer
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capitalized B&M
:any of several English-based pidgins spoken on islands of the western Pacific
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Origin and Etymology of bêche-de-mer
French, alteration of biche de mer, from Portuguese bicho do mar, literally, sea worm
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