white squall

Jamaica
noun
A white ashy appearance around the mouth and lips often considered to be a sign of hunger.
alternatives
bavay, bridle, fereh mout, squally, wappia
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anonymous
12 years ago

known in Trinidad as wapiah or bridle (white dried saliva) eww!!

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wrongone
11 years ago

My mother used to say "Sammy squall."  Quote: "When Sammy Squall gets you, you will eat anything. " or "Sammy Squall got yu, so yu haffy eat anyting yu kyan get."

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Cake-soap Jackson
8 years ago

Sometime i could not see in class on till i figured out i had white squall in my eyes and i also could not hear i had arthritis in my ears