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‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 105: Heigh! sir, ef you see how him bex!at bex, adj.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 105: Heigh! sir, ef you see how him bex! ‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 89: Dat Mass William Hinds [...] him is a regilar bosify Bony.at boasie, adj.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 107: Bra, whi side unoo da go?at bra, n.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 104: Cho! him put on de pur when him most catch, maam.at cha!, excl.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 91: Cho, go ’bout you business, man; you is chupid boy.at chupid, adj.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 99: My gums! when I tink pon dat gal I don’ t know what fe say.at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 95: Several doubloons, some ‘half-joes,’ Spanish dollars and ‘pistereen bits’.at joe, n.3
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa Voices in Exile (1989) 105: Da big big soger man come [...] and when me see him so wid begnet [bayonet] my heart hab fe da jump so ebery minit, me ting say de man da go jook me wid it.at juke, v.2
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 100: He have her the weight of his fist the moment she attempted to ‘put her mout’ upon him.at put one’s mouth on/upon (v.) under mouth, n.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 109: Daddy, da de people da eat dem new nyams.at nyam, n.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 96: A ‘packy’ or small calabash cup was held underneath, into which the blood trickled.at packy, n.1
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 106: Maam, you eber hab pickney a morning da cry fe hot water [...] and you hab no money fe go buy sugar?at pickney, n.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 104: Molly tief pass, maam, den go da him yard.at t’ief, n.
‘Tom Kittle’s Wake’ in D’Costa & Lalla Voices in Exile (1989) 104: Molly tief pass, maam, den go da him yard.at yard, n.2
(ref. to late 18C) Voices in Exile 5: What is certain is that Creole, the ‘talkee-talkee’ language, was firmly in place by the mid-eighteeth century.at talkee-talkee, n.
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