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Barbados
Barbados
paling
Pailing is more formally know across the world as corrugated sheet metal. It sometimes goes by the alternate name of galvanise. It is used on many islands as roofing materials, but also as fencing for yards or as metal lining for other things such as a barbecue grill or material to cover holes on the ground. This metal is thin, and usually made out of tin or iron it is sometimes prone to rusting exposed to the weather and not properly painted. It easy to spot due to its rippled appearance.
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papaw
A torpedo, oval, or pear shaped fruit. The fruit bears on a large leafed tree up to 10m tall. When green, it is cooked as if a vegetable. The flesh contains an enzyme named papain that serves as an effective meat tenderiser. When ripe it is yellowish-orange in colour. The flesh is bright orange, soft, and sweet. The insides are hollow containing a lots of seeds with each seed contained in a small liquid filled sac. The seeds and the fluid surrounding them have a bitter taste.
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pear
Avocado. Edible pear shaped or round fruit with an egg shaped seed. The flesh is green on the outside and turns yellow closer to the seed.
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fruit
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British Virgin Isles.
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peas and rice
A dish made from rice and peas or beans. Red kidney beans and gungo are commonly used. The dish is typically prepared with coconut milk and lots of seasoning.
food
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Barbados
pelttin waist
To dance
Barbados
pick pick
A penis. The male sex organ.
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US Virgin Islands
pickin wilks
To wear long pants that are too short,.
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Guyana
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St. Vincent
picknie
Child or children
person
family
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pickny
Child or children
person
Barbados
plum pudding
A dense steamed cake/pudding made with dried vine fruit (raisins, prunes, etc) that have been steeped in rum or wine.
food
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Barbados
Guyana
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pokey
The vagina. The female sexual organ.
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Belize
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Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
pon
On
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pone
A baked desert item similar to bread pudding that is made with various ingredients. The primary ingredients include flour, sugar, and some or all of the following in any combination: cassava, coco, sweet potato, cornmeal. In some countries a traditional method of preparation involves baking with a fire source above as well as below. This gives rise to the expression "Hell a top, hell a bottom, hallelujah in the middle".
food
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poochlicka
A sycophant. A yes person. One who acts obsequiously toward another to gain favour.
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Jamaica
poop
Flatulence; A fart.
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Barbados
poppit
Idiot or simpleton; A stupid person
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Antigua & Barbuda
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Belize
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St. Vincent
poppy show
A person (or thing) that looks ridiculous
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potstarver
Common bred and often homeless dog, mongrel.
Barbados
Jamaica
pudd'n
A baked desert item similar to bread pudding that is made with various ingredients. The primary ingredients include flour, sugar, and some or all of the following in any combination: cassava, coco, sweet potato, cornmeal. In some countries a traditional method of preparation involves baking with a fire source above as well as below. This gives rise to the expression "Hell a top, hell a bottom, hallelujah in the middle".
food
Barbados
pumps
Sneakers
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Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
punani
The vagina. The female sexual organ.
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Barbados
punarka
The vagina. The female sexual organ.
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Barbados
Jamaica
raashole
An expression of shock, surprise, frustration, or annoyance.
profanity
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ram
Full to capacity
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Jamaica
rassole
Derogatory term for a person of ill repute.
profanity
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St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
rasta
Rastafarian. A practitioner of Rastafarianism, a religious sect whose members are usually identifiable by their dreadlocked hair.
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Barbados
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
rastafarian
Rastafarian. A practitioner of Rastafarianism, a religious sect whose members are usually identifiable by their dreadlocked hair.
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Barbados
Rat mout does sell he head
Talking too much gets one in trouble
proverb
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Belize
Dominica
Grenada
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St. Vincent
rice and peas
A dish made from rice and peas or beans. Red kidney beans and gungo are commonly used. The dish is typically prepared with coconut milk and lots of seasoning.
food
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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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