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buss mout
To hit a person in the mouth
cafuffle
Totally confused
cake soap
Blocks of blue soap used for washing and whitening laundry.
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calabash
A gourd that is used for utilitarian purposes, and not for food. The skin or shell of the large green fruit hardens to become wood-like when dry. The shell can then be carved and is used to make a variety of items including cups, and bowls and decorative pieces.
plant
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callaloo
A thick spicy soup-like dish made with a green leafy vegetable as a main ingredient. The vegetable is usually aramanth or dasheen leaves.
food
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caw blen
Expression of surprise equivalent to 'wow'.
profanity
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cerasee
A variety of bitter melon plant (Momordica charantia). A vine bearing a small bumpy skinned yellow or orange fruit. The leaves are used to make a bitter herbal tea that his regarded for its medicinal and purgative properties
plant
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cheese on
An exclamation euphemistically used in place of "Jesus Christ".
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chink
Bedbug - parasitic insects that feed on human blood. They are known for their tendency to live in and around bedding, couches, and other areas where humans sleep.
animal
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choke off
To shut off
christophene
Chayote. Edible pear shaped green vegetable of the squash family. The vegetable bears on vines and comes in smooth skinned and prickly skinned varieties. It is typically eaten boiled or in soups.
food
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coco tea
Hot beverage made from cocoa powder.
food
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coconut jelly
The soft flesh of a young coconut
food
collins
Machete. A large flat bladed knife used for agricultural and utilitarian purposes. It is often the weapon of choice for violent encounters.
con ki
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
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confuffle
Totally confused
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conkie
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
food
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conkies
A desert similar to payme or dukunu. It is made from mixture of grated pumpkin, sweet potato, cornmeal, flour, and various spices wrapped in banana leaf and steamed on a rack over boiling water.
food
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coolie
A person of East Indian ancestry. Most Caribbean people of East Indian descent can trace their roots back to indentured workers imported by the British in the 19th century after the abolition of slavery.
person
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cou cou
A meal made by slow cooking seasoned cornmeal. The meal is stirred or turned as it is cooked.
food
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cowitch
Any of several species of stinging nettle plants. Contact with human skin causes great discomfort.
plant
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crake
An unattractive, or ugly person
crapo
A frog or toad
animal
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crapo smoke yuh pipe
You are in trouble
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Crave all, get none at all
Excessive greed puts one in danger of losing everything.
proverb
Crow does fly high, but when e come down, de ants does still eat out e eye
When the mighty fall on hard times, they are disrespected by all.
proverb
cuff
To strike
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cuffin
Somersault, flip or cartwheel
cut ass
A beating
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cut tail
A beating
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