Beach-la-mar
(biːtʃ la mɑː(r))
Also biche-.
[Alteration of Pg. bicho do mar bêche-de-mer.]
The jargon English used in the Western Pacific.
| 1911 W. Churchill (title) Beach-la-mar. 1912 R. J. Fletcher Let. 10 Sept. in Isles of Illusion (1923) 61, I will omit the Biche-la-mar and give you the gist of his story. |