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greenie
Heineken beer
food
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groot
To bruise
ground provisions
Any starchy agricultural product used as food. Examples include, but are not limited to, yams, potatoes, bananas, cassava, pumpkins, and breadfruit.
food
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guinep
Ovoid green fruit that grows in bunches on trees up to 30m high. The fruit typically ripen during the summer. The fruit is related to the lychee and have tight, thin but rigid skins. Inside the skin is the tart, tangy, or sweet pulp of the fruit covering a large seed. The pulp is usually cream or orange coloured.
fruit
food
plant
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gutu
Parrotfish
animal
food
gypsy
Unlicenced or unregulated taxi
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hand
To cheat or have an affair.
hard cyaad
To cheat or have an affair.
head tie
A scarf used to cover the head.
hucks up
To collar or grab up
ignorant
Vexed. Angry or upset with rage
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jack spania
Wasp
animal
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jam pack
Crowded or filled to capacity.
jam up
Crowded or filled to capacity.
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jamaican tam
A large, loose knitted hat used by Rastafarians to cover and keep their dreadlocks in place.
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jaygan
A Jamaican. A native of the island nation of Jamaica.
person
jimbilin
The tree and fruit of Phyllanthus acidus. The intermediate sized tree produces small, flattened, multi-lobed, berries with a high acid content. The tart yellow berries are edible raw, but most often stewed with sugar, ginger and other spices.
food
fruit
plant
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johnny cake
A fried bread typically made from baking powder leavened dough.
food
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jumbee
Ghost or spirit of a dead person or animal
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jumbee 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
kata kata
Disorganised, disorderly or unstructured
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kenep
Ovoid green fruit that grows in bunches on trees up to 30m high. The fruit typically ripen during the summer. The fruit is related to the lychee and have tight, thin but rigid skins. Inside the skin is the tart, tangy, or sweet pulp of the fruit covering a large seed. The pulp is usually cream or orange coloured.
food
fruit
plant
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lechon
Pork - the flesh of swine.
food
lickrish
Gluttonous, greedy
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limin
To hang out. To pass time idly.
machett
Machete. A large flat bladed knife used for agricultural and utilitarian purposes. It is often the weapon of choice for violent encounters.
magga
Very thin; skinny; malnourished
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mahogany bird
A flying cockroach
2 comments
mampy
An obese woman
derogatory
mawga
Very thin; skinny; malnourished
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