(derogatory) a pidgin language that West African soldiers historically used to communicate with the occupying French army. / (derogatory, by extension) any other language incompetently spoken.

(derogatory, of language) ineptly articulated; broken.

A commune of the Nord department, France

black feather obtained from a male ostrich (which has been used for the panache of a bonnet)

Petit-Noir (a city in the Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

(derogatory) unambitious person

(derogatory) to play it safe

little people (the lower class)

(figurative) trifle

(colloquial) old chap