Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(W.I. Rasta/UK black) one’s home.

1994		M. Montague Dread Culture 131: Yuh wanna see how dem ransack mi gates. Two of dem grab mi and throw dun pon mi bed [...] All dem find a jus mi and mi dawta.
1997		‘Q’ Deadmeat 57: Ah get back tu mi gates bout six een am.
2001		(con. 1981) A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 10: I was gonna ask de girl back to my gates an’ deal wid it proper.
2008		A. Wheatle Dirty South 3: Uncle Royston told me a little when he came round to my gates.
2016		A. Wheatle Crongton Knights 7: ‘If they slap on our gates again, I’ll deal with them myself’.