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Jamaica
corouches
Junk
4 comments
Jamaica
cotch
To stay or live with temporarily
1 comments
Antigua & Barbuda
Jamaica
cotta
A cushion placed on top of the head by those who carry loads on their head. The cushion is often made of cloth or plant material such as leaves.
Jamaica
cotton tree
The silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), It is known for the cotton like fibres produced by its seed pods. It features in obeah and other African based superstition and religious.
plant
Barbados
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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Bahamas
cou cou soup
A prepared meal intended to trap (tie) a man in a romantic relationship. Women prepare the meal by cooking (usually soup) and putting vaginal juices (especially during their time of the month) in the food. It is similar to ganga channa.
sexual
4 comments
Dominica
coubawi
Bukut. The fruit and tree of Casia Grandis. It is considered an effective natural remedy for anemia.
Jamaica
counter flour
All purpose flour. Flour used for cooking, but not baking.
food
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Trinidad & Tobago
counting egg in fowl bottom
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
proverb
Trinidad & Tobago
coutiyah
Where Hindu children go to school
Grenada
cow
Tree and fruit native to the Pacific Islands and Malaysia that was brought to the West Indies in the 18th century. The fruit is large with a rough green skin with small hexagonal markings. Some varieties have a spiky exterior. The flesh is white, cream coloured or yellow and has a high starch content. It is eaten boiled, roasted, or fried as a staple food.
food
plant
fruit
4 comments
Jamaica
cow bawlin
Crying accompanied by loud wailing or sobs.
Jamaica
cow cod
A cow's penis. Sometimes used in soup.
food
1 comments
Jamaica
cow cod soup
A dish made with bull's penis ('cod') that is valued for its aphrodisiac properties. It is traditionally cooked with bananas and scotch bonnet peppers in a white rum-based broth.
food
US Virgin Islands
cow foot woman
A mythical half woman, half cow being used to scare children into behaving themselves
folklore
Trinidad & Tobago
cowa
The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.
food
fruit
plant
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Jamaica
cowad man kip soun bone
It is better to be considered a coward that to take foolish risks.
proverb
Barbados
Guyana
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
cowitch
Any of several species of stinging nettle plants. Contact with human skin causes great discomfort.
plant
17 comments
Jamaica
coxnut
A fruit related to the passion fruit, but with a hard green skin. They are significantly sweeter than passion fruits.
food
fruit
plant
Jamaica
crab back
A dish consisting of seasoned crab meat stuffed into a crab's shell and baked.
food
Belize
crab hand
Difficult to read, poor handwriting.
Jamaica
Crab say im nu trus nu shadow afta dark
Don't make assumptions in uncertain situations.
proverb
Jamaica
Crab walk too much lose him claw
If you overuse a thing you will break or lose it.
proverb
Jamaica
crabapple
Ziziphus Mauritania; A small round berry about 3/4 inches in diameter. The fruit is green and turns yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruit may occasionally develop a rust brown colour and a cracked texture. The unripe fruit is firm and slightly acidic, and grows softer and mushier when it ripens. The berries have a single hard seed.
food
fruit
plant
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Belize
craboo
A small yellow cherry
food
fruit
Jamaica
crabtoe
Difficult to read, poor handwriting.
Barbados
crake
An unattractive, or ugly person
Jamaica
crape
Scrape or scratch
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
St. Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
crapo
A frog or toad
animal
35 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
crapo foot style
Difficult to read, poor handwriting.