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Jamaica
bingy
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
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Jamaica
bird hawk
The American Kestrel. A small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas.
animal
bird
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Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
bird pepper
A small, but hot chili pepper used for cooking. The peppers range in colour from green to red.
food
plant
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Jamaica
birth paper
Birth certificate.
Bahamas
birth place
Where one's afterbirth / placenta is buried.
place
Jamaica
birth tree
The tree under which one's umbilical cord is buried at birth
folklore
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
bissy
Kola nut. The dried nuts, particularly in grated form, are highly regarded for its medicinal properties. It is commonly used as an antidote for various types of poison and venomous insect bites
plant
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Jamaica
bit
Tight - as pertaining to the vagina.
sexual
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Jamaica
Bit bit mek poun
Small amounts will eventually add up
proverb
Bahamas
bitch blow
A violent, savage blow.
Belize
Jamaica
bitch lick
A violent, savage blow.
Bahamas
Belize
Jamaica
bitch up
To perform a task crudely or roughly without attention to quality or detail
Bahamas
bite
To scam or con.
Jamaica
bite an bun
Tiny reddish-orange ants with stings that cause intense burning sensations.
animal
Jamaica
bitter cassava
Bitter cassava used to make bread after the poisonous juices have been squeezed out.
Bahamas
bitter george
Bitter cassava used to make bread after the poisonous juices have been squeezed out.
food
Bahamas
bitter orange
Seville orange; A thick skinned sour orange used for making beverages and marmalade.
food
plant
fruit
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Barbados
bittle
Food.
Jamaica
black and white dance
A memorial dance held for a dead member of the Pocumina faith. Participants wear black and white.
Jamaica
Black bud say fi im pickny fus
Attend to your own affairs before the affairs of others.
proverb
Barbados
Dominica
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
US Virgin Islands
black cake
Rich dark cakes popular around Christmas. A primary ingredients is dried fruit that has been steeped or soaked in rum or wine for long periods of time (sometimes years). The dried fruit is usually some combination of raisins, prunes, cherries, and candied fruit peel. The cakes get their dark colour from browning or burnt sugar.
food
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Belize
black carib
Descendants of Carib, Arawak, and West African people who currently reside primarily in Central America
Jamaica
black heart
Coldly cruel. Cold hearted
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Jamaica
black mango
A small, highly desired mango cultivar. The fruit is mostly green even when ripe - with some black spots. Occasionally some ripe fruit may have blushes of yellow. The skin is good tasting so they are often eaten without peeling.
food
fruit
plant
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Jamaica
black maria
A police van.
Barbados
Dominica
Guyana
black pudding
Sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled.
food
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Jamaica
blacka
A very dark skinned individual.
person
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Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
blackbird
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
animal
bird
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Jamaica
blackbud
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
animal
bird
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Belize
St. Kitts & Nevis
blackface
A very dark skinned individual.
person
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