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patience
patient
patina
patio
patio doors
patisserie
Patna rice
Patois
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Patois
Patois


noun 
Definition:
 
1. language 
Same as  Creole (sense 3)

2. Caribbean variety of Creole spoken in Caribbean: in the Caribbean, the local popularly used vernacular, usually a French- or English-related Creole

Patois adjective
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