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jumbee
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Noun
Ghost or spirit of a dead person or animal
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bacoos
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bageede
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baku
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boobooman
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duppy
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Adjective
Messed up.
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paquing
Feb 10, 2013
In Trinidad at least, it is spelt 'jumbie.'
eyeman
Jul 21, 2013
it is a demonic spirit not actually the dead person
dede1012
Mar 18, 2014
In Jamaica we call them "Duppy"
Ryan Ashby
May 30, 2014
In Barbados we say "Duppy" to mean a ghost or dead person
Belna
May 19, 2015
Jumbie = Zombie
JSullivan
Feb 01, 2016
Don tink bout da jumbey (Don't think about the ghost)
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