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Trinidad & Tobago
all fours
An English tavern trick-taking card game that was popular as a gambling game until the end of the 19th century. Each player is dealt six cards. In trick play, players are allowed to trump instead of following suit. The title refers to the possibility of winning four game points by being dealt both the highest and the lowest trump in play, capturing the Jack of trumps and winning the greatest number of card-points.
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Jamaica
bajie
A large six-sided kite made with pastel coloured kite paper.
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Bahamas
big ring play
Ring games. Games played in a ring such as "Farmer in the Dell"
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Bahamas
boom chest
A children's game played with shells. The shells are thrown into the air and hit with the chest.
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Jamaica
box ball
A juice box stuffed with soft material such as paper and with corners and edges crushed and rounded off. It is frequently used in childrens' games where balls are required.
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Jamaica
dandy shandy
A fast paced game where two throwers stand some distance apart from each other and attempt to hit one or more opposing players in the space between them with a ball (usually a box ball). The throwers do not move while the dodgers are free to run within the space. If the dodgers get hit, they are out and trade places with the throwers. To avoid getting hit, the dodgers often have to perform a great deal of acrobatics. It is primarily a girls' game, however boys will frequently participate.
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Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
duck
A score of zero by an out game player, particularly a cricket batsman.
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Jamaica
ducks
A score of zero by an out game player, particularly a cricket batsman.
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Jamaica
gig
A carved wooden top with a nail for a tip. It is played by tightly coiling a string around it, then releasing in a sharp whip like motion.
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Puerto Rico
goma
A game played with rubber bands where the object is to capture as many of the opponents' rubber bands as possible. Players stand facing a wall or other vertical flat surface and bounce their rubber bands off the wall. If a player's rubber band falls to the ground and overlaps any rubber bands currently on the ground then the overlapped rubber bands are captured.
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Jamaica
hard end
The last playable domino matching an end on the table. For example, the unplayed six-blank when all other sixes have been played.
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Guyana
ketcha
The game Tag
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Jamaica
ketchins
The game Tag
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Jamaica
lastic
A game played with rubber bands where the object is to capture as many of the opponents' rubber bands as possible. Players stand facing a wall or other vertical flat surface and bounce their rubber bands off the wall. If a player's rubber band falls to the ground and overlaps any rubber bands currently on the ground then the overlapped rubber bands are captured.
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Jamaica
lemo
A money football move to simultaneously pass the opponent and block his access to the ball. Before the move is executed the ball is between opponents A and B. When A executes the move the ball moves past B and A ends up between B and the ball.
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Jamaica
money football
A tabletop, desktop, or benchtop game approximating football using a small coin as the ball and larger coins as the players. The playing surface is marked like a football field with goals, centerlines and penalty positions.The object of the game is to use the player coins to hit the ball coin into the opponents goal. The human opponents control the player coins using fudge sticks (popsicle sticks) and are not allowed to directly touch the ball coin.
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Jamaica
mumma lashy
A children's game where one child plays the role of an angry mother trying to catch and spank the other children whose role is to escape or otherwise avoid the lasher.
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Barbados
road tennis
A sport similar to table tennis, but played on a 21ft by 10ft floor or ground surface. The sport originated in Barbados in the 1930s
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Jamaica
rubba ban
A game played with rubber bands where the object is to capture as many of the opponents' rubber bands as possible. Players stand facing a wall or other vertical flat surface and bounce their rubber bands off the wall. If a player's rubber band falls to the ground and overlaps any rubber bands currently on the ground then the overlapped rubber bands are captured.
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Jamaica
salad
A football move where one player passes the ball between the legs of an opposing player.
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Jamaica
salad a kick
A game where players try to pass a football between the legs of other players. If the move is successfully executed, the victim is kicked repeatedly by the players that can get to him before he manages to get to a safe zone. The game is usually played by boys and young men.
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Jamaica
scrutchy
A fast paced game where two throwers stand some distance apart from each other and attempt to hit one or more opposing players in the space between them with a ball (usually a box ball). The throwers do not move while the dodgers are free to run within the space. If the dodgers get hit, they are out and trade places with the throwers. To avoid getting hit, the dodgers often have to perform a great deal of acrobatics. It is primarily a girls' game, however boys will frequently participate.
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Jamaica
set
The core equipment necessary to play money football: Two large coins, a small coin and a pair of fudge sticks.
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Jamaica
sitins
A fast paced game where two throwers stand some distance apart from each other and attempt to hit one or more opposing players in the space between them with a ball (usually a box ball). The throwers do not move while the dodgers are free to run within the space. If the dodgers get hit, they are out and trade places with the throwers. To avoid getting hit, the dodgers often have to perform a great deal of acrobatics. It is primarily a girls' game, however boys will frequently participate.
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Dominica
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
skip
To jump rope
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Jamaica
speckin
A game where opponents try to split each others gigs (tops) using hard spiking plays with their own.
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Jamaica
stucky
A children's game where one person or team chases other players in an attempt to tag them. The tagged players remain stuck in place until a free player unfreezes them by touching them. The game often proceeds until all the targets are frozen, at which point the players may switch teams or a new chaser is appointed.
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Trinidad & Tobago
wappie
Illegal gambling game
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Trinidad & Tobago
whe whe
Gambling game where players bet based on their dreams.
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