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Barbados
jipsee
Nosey; overly inquisitive
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Barbados
choke off
To shut off
Jamaica
big yard
A multi-family housing arrangement consisting of many substandard dwellings packed closely on a single plot of land. Dwellings often share resources such as running water and toilets.
Guyana
Jamaica
tenement yard
A multi-family housing arrangement consisting of many substandard dwellings packed closely on a single plot of land. Dwellings often share resources such as running water and toilets.
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Trinidad & Tobago
mosquito bush
A tender low-growing herb commonly known as basil.
food
plant
Jamaica
barber green
Asphalt. Specifically, the kind of asphalt used to pave public road surfaces.
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Trinidad & Tobago
goat channa
Goat droppings
Jamaica
bigger heads
A person of higher standard or class rank based mainly on job title or achievements
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Grenada
St. Vincent
snow ice
A homemade frozen pop popular with children. It is made by pouring mixed drinks into small transparent plastic bags, tying the bags to seal them, and freezing. They are normally consumed by sucking a small hole bitten in one corner of the bag.
food
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Belize
kotobrute
A sweet treat made from diced coconuts, sugar and spices. The mixture is boiled until thick enough to set and harden when cool, then spoonfuls are dropped onto banana leaves or other flat surfaces.
food
Jamaica
batty wash
A sexual stimulation of the anus with the tongue.
sexual
St. Vincent
back back turkey
The larval form of the lacewing group of insects. Also known as antlions, they are known primarily for the funnel shaped pits they make in dry soft dirt to trap ants.
animal
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St. Vincent
gold eye
The Spectacled Thrush, Bare-eyed Thrush, or Yellow-eyed Thrush, is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south and east to northern Brazil. The Spectacled Thrush is 23–24 cm long and weighs 60 g. It is plain olive-brown above and paler brown below. The throat is brown-streaked off-white, and the lower belly is whitish. It has a prominent yellow eye ring which gives rise to its English and scientific names.
animal
bird
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St. Vincent
gouti
Small rodents related to guinea pigs.
animal
food
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Jamaica
duck nuh lay egg before fowl
People from different origins can achieve the same things
Jamaica
royal
Person of mixed African and East Indian ancestry
person
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Jamaica
don
Informal area leader; a person appointed by the people of that particular community.
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Dominican Republic
limoncillo
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
plant
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US Virgin Islands
rock city
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
frenchie
A person of french descent living in the US Virgin Islands who is likely an immigrant from Saint Barthelemy. Frenchies are generally people of french decent who had colonized many Caribbean islands.
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