BÊCHE-DE-MER


Meaning of BÊCHE-DE-MER in English

noun Etymology: French, alteration of biche de mer, from Portuguese bicho do mar, literally, sea worm Date: 1783 trepang , any of several English-based pidgins spoken on islands of the western Pacific

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