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1. bad-john, n. View full entry 1935
...A ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant....
2. bad-talk, v. View full entry 1938
...trans. To speak badly of, disparage; to speak maliciously about (a person who is absent). Cf. bad-mouth...
3. bangarang, n. View full entry 1935
...Rubbish; miscellaneous items. Now rare....
4. bashment, n.2 View full entry 1996
...An event or party, esp. one featuring dancehall reggae or ragga music. Also (now usually): an up-tempo style of popular music derived from dancehall reggae and ragga, but with a...
5. batty, n.2 View full entry 1935
...A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare)....
6. big-up, n. and int. View full entry 1964
...S. Asian and Caribbeancolloq. A person of high social status or great wealth....
7. bloodclaat, n., adj., and int. View full entry 1956
...A sanitary towel....
8. burru, n. View full entry 1929
...A kind of vigorous, popular, and sometimes indecent, dance; the music, esp. drumming, used to accompany this....
9. calabaza, n. View full entry 1970
...A pumpkin, spec. = calabash2; its fruit or shell....
10. cotch, n. View full entry 1914
...A place (esp. a small or confined space) to sleep, rest, or sit temporarily. Cf. cotch1....
11. criss, adj. View full entry 1952
...Stiff; not pliable....
12. cuatro, n. View full entry 1904
...A small guitar-like instrument of a kind originating in Latin America, typically having four strings....
13. curry, adj. View full entry 1938
...attrib. Curried, esp. in a Caribbean style. Esp. in curry goat....
14. dubplate, n. View full entry 1976
...An acetate or test pressing of a vinyl record; (originally) spec. one featuring a dub version of a reggae song (cf. dub1). Now also: an advance copy...
15. dutchie, n. View full entry 1943
...More fully dutchie pot. = Dutch potDutch....
16. facety, adj. View full entry 1928
...Impudent, arrogant, rude; excessively bold or feisty....
17. facey, adj. View full entry 1929
...Bold; impertinent. Cf. facety...
18. gayelle, n. View full entry 1968
...An enclosed area used for cockfights, a cockpit....
19. irie, adj. (and adv.) and int. View full entry 1976
...Great, fine, all right; pleasing to the senses; powerful. Also occas. as : well, positively....
20. jug, n.7 View full entry 1945
...A savoury Barbadian dish served esp. at Christmas (see quots.)....
