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patoo

The Great Potoo: A nocturnal insectivore bird found in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

patty

A light flaky pastry filled with a savoury filling. Traditionally they were filled with ground beef, but modern incarnations can have a variety of fil

patty and coco bread

A lunch or snack item consisting of a patty sandwiched inside a coco bread.

patwa

Local dialect derived from African and various European languages (usually some combination of English, French, Spanish or Dutch)

paul bogle

Paul Bogle (ca. 1820 – 1865) was a Jamaican Baptist deacon and is a National Hero of Jamaica. He was a leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Protests, which a

Peacock hide him foot when him hear 'bout him tail.

A proud person hides his weaknesses when praised.

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.

pechary

The loggerhead kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family (Tyrant flycatchers). It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Domi

pee pee

To urinate

peel head

To be bald. To have no hair on one's head.

Peel neck fowl bawl fi life, im nu bawl fi fedda

Outward beauty isn't the most important thing

peeny

A firefly; A beetle that produces a blinking yellow, orange, or red light via bioluminescence.

peeny wally

A large species of firefly or candlefly.

peggy

A person obsessed with something

People nuh stone mango tree when it naw bear.

People attack you for your successes

peppafly

A small fly that causes a severe burning (pepper like) sensation on contact with the eyes

Pepper bun hot but it good fi curry

Harsh advice may be good for you

pepper light

Decorative lights used at Christmas time and named for their resemblance to bird peppers

piazza

A roofed sidewalk or verandah where higglers peddle their wares.

Pick an pick until yu pick shit

The excessively picky end up making poor choices

picknie

Child or children

pickny

Child or children

picky picky

Sparsely distributed; Scattered

pile

A football move where one player passes the ball over the head of an opponent and retains possession.

pimento

Allspice; The berries, when dried, are frequently used in cooking

pin

To trap or bind another in a romantic relationship using obeah or other occult means.

pinchin

Miserly; Holding back when one is distributing some thing; Distributing less than one could or should.

pinda

Peanuts.

pinda cake

Peanut brittle. A hard candy made from peanuts and brown sugar. Some wangla include sesame seeds.

pine

Pineapple - a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, named for resemblance to the pine cone.