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chinning barchinnook salmon
chino
Chino Hills
Chino-
Chino-Japanese War
chinoidine
chinoiserie
chinoline
chinone
chinook
chinook salmon
Chinook State
chinook wind
Chinookan
chinos
chinovic
chinovin
chinoxaline
chinquapin
chinquapin oak
Chinse
Chinsed
Chinsing
Chinsing iron
chinstrap
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America [syn: Chinook Jargon, Oregon Jargon]
Merriam Webster's
noun Usage: often capitalized J Date: 1840 a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern United States and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska
